“Planck”-created map of the cosmic microwave background. Courtesy of ESA and the Planck Collaboration

Satellite Mission Puts Einstein to the Test

[caption id="attachment_3139" align="alignright" width="300"] “Planck”-created map of the cosmic microwave background. Courtesy of ESA and the Planck Collaboration[/caption] Researchers, including physicists from Heidelberg University, have gained new insights into dark energy and the theory of…

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NASA Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf…

Ceres is seen from NASA's Dawn spacecraft on March 1, just a few days before the mission achieved orbit around the previously unexplored dwarf planet. The image was taken at a distance of about 30,000…

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2D nitrogenated crystals new potential rival for graphene

Researchers in South Korea have, for the first time, developed a simple technique to produce a two-dimensional nitrogen-containing crystal that has the capacity to be a potential rival to graphene and silicon as semi-conductor materials.  [caption id="attachment_3132"…