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Infant exoplanet weighed by Hipparcos and Gaia
The mass of a very young exoplanet has been revealed for the first time using data from ESA's star mapping spacecraft Gaia and its...
Leaves possess a molecular compass
Leaves provide us with food, forest canopies and football fields. Every leaf grows from only a few cells.
But what guides these cells to become...
Super-resolution microscopy: Getting even closer to the limit
Ralf Jungmann is interested in processes that take place within unbelievably tiny spatial dimensions. Jungmann holds a professorship in experimental physics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU)...
Understanding of light momentum: Researchers shine a light on 150-year old mystery
The idea that light has momentum is not new, but the exact nature of how light interacts with matter has remained a mystery for...
Ice confirmed at the Moon’s poles
In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has directly observed definitive evidence of water ice on the...
Militarization of police fails to enhance safety, may harm police reputation
This month marks the four-year anniversary of protests over the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, an incident met with a heavily...
New kind of aurora is not an aurora at all
Thin ribbons of purple and white light that sometimes appear in the night sky were dubbed a new type of aurora when brought to...
Researchers discover link between magnetic field strength and temperature
Researchers recently discovered that the strength of the magnetic field required to elicit a particular quantum mechanical process, such as photoluminescence and the ability...
Multi-purpose silicon chip created for quantum information processing
An international team of researchers led by the University of Bristol have demonstrated that light can be used to implement a multi-functional quantum processor.
This...
A timescale for the origin and evolution of all of life on Earth
A new study led by scientists from the University of Bristol has used a combination of genomic and fossil data to explain the history...
Screen of human proteins reveals some with antimicrobial power
The human body produces many antimicrobial peptides that help the immune system fend off infection. Scientists hoping to harness these peptides as potential antibiotics...
