Other than a nuclear bomb, Z is the most powerful generator of X-rays on the planet. Scientists have now for the first time peered into the center of Sandia National Laboratory’s Z machine as it fires.
An international team led by an Edinburgh astronomer have discovered that by studying polarized light from black holes they can focus on what exactly is going on around them.
Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. (SES) to build and test six new solar dish-engine systems for electricity generation that will provide enough grid-ready solar electricity to power more than 40 homes.
Team of astronomers from Caltech and JPL and the University of Chicago created an artificial star by propagating a 4-watt laser beam out from the Hale Telescope and up into the night sky.
Can nanosized quantum dots which light up like multicoloured fireflies when exposed to ultraviolet light be used to detect, target and kill cancer cells? One University of Toronto researcher is set to find out.