Physics and Astronomy News Archive: August 2016

Image: Attosecond Science opens new Avenues in Femtochemistry

Attosecond Science opens new Avenues in Femtochemistry

Source: FVBerlin   Posted: 8/26/16

Attosecond Science is a new exciting frontier in contemporary physics, aimed at time-resolving the motion of electrons in atoms, molecules and solids on their natural timescale.
Image: Physicists Confirm Possible Discovery of Fifth Force of Nature

Physicists Confirm Possible Discovery of Fifth Force of Nature

Source: UCI   Posted: 8/19/16

Recent findings indicating the possible discovery of a previously unknown subatomic particle may be evidence of a fifth fundamental force of nature.
Image: Vortex Laser Offers Hope For Moore’s Law

Vortex Laser Offers Hope For Moore’s Law

Source: UBuffalo   Posted: 8/16/16

The optics advancement may solve an approaching data bottleneck by helping to boost computing power and information transfer rates tenfold
Image: White Dwarf Lashes Red Dwarf With Mystery Ray

White Dwarf Lashes Red Dwarf With Mystery Ray

Source: ESA   Posted: 8/11/16

New type of exotic binary star, a rapidly spinning white dwarf star is powering electrons up to almost the speed of light.
Image: Jupiter's Great Red Spot Heats Planet's Upper Atmosphere

Jupiter's Great Red Spot Heats Planet's Upper Atmosphere

Source: BostonU   Posted: 8/10/16

Jupiter's Great Red Spot may provide the mysterious source of energy required to heat the planet's upper atmosphere to the unusually high values observed.
Image: Knots In Chaotic Waves

Knots In Chaotic Waves

Source: UBristol   Posted: 8/9/16

New research, using computer models of wave chaos, has shown that three-dimensional tangled vortex filaments can in fact be knotted in many highly complex ways.