Physics and Astronomy News Archive: July 2016

Wearable Thin-Film Transistors Developed

Source: KAIST Posted: 7/29/16

KAIST develops ultrathin, transparent oxide thin-film transistors for wearable display.

Single light particle hologram created

Source: FUW Posted: 7/25/16

Scientists at have created the first ever hologram of a single light particle.

Upsizing nanostructures into 3-D printed materials

Source: VTech Posted: 7/22/16

A new process allows materials synthesized at the nano-level to be scaled to larger sizes to take advantage of their mechanical, optical, and energy properties.

Warm Jupiters Not As Lonely As Expected

Source: UToronto Posted: 7/21/16

Astronomers have given us our clearest understanding yet of a class of exoplanets called “Warm Jupiters”, showing that many have unexpected planetary companions.

Tiny hard disk writes information atom by atom

Source: TUDelft Posted: 7/20/16

A team of scientists to build a memory of 1 kilobyte (8,000 bits), where each bit is represented by the position of one single chlorine atom.

Dark Energy Measured with Record-Breaking Map of 1.2 Million Galaxies

Source: LBL Posted: 7/19/16

Physicists and astronomers have announced results from the largest-ever, three-dimensional map of distant galaxies.

Scientists’ Breakthrough In Modelling Universe

Source: UoP Posted: 7/6/16

Research teams in Europe and the USA have begun modelling the universe for the first time using Einstein’s full general theory of relativity.

What Did Earth’s Ancient Magnetic Field Look Like?

Source: Carnegie Posted: 7/6/16

New work suggests Earth’s ancient magnetic field was significantly different than the present day field, originating from several poles rather than the familiar two.