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.
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.
Fastest-Spinning Brown-Dwarf Star Detected
Source: PSU Posted: 7/1/16 Astronomers have detected what may be the most-rapidly-rotating, ultra-cool, brown-dwarf star ever seen.
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