TOKYO, Feb 6 – Japanese and German researchers have independently synthesized a new class of silicon-based compounds that could expand the element’s role beyond semiconductors and industrial materials. A team led by Professor Takeaki Iwamoto…
MIT team creates ultracold molecules
At near absolute zero, molecules may start to exhibit exotic states of matter. [caption id="attachment_4674" align="alignright" width="639"] MIT researchers have successfully cooled a gas of sodium potassium (NaK) molecules to a temperature of 500 nanokelvin.…
GOD OF SMALL THINGS
KATYAYANI CHOWDHRY | [caption id="attachment_4663" align="alignright" width="1000"] Dr. Joseph Incandela, Professor of Physics at UC Santa Barbara[/caption] On 3rd June, 2015, CERN (European Organisation For Nuclear Research) restarted its LHC (Large Hadron Collider), after a…
STARS FORMING IN THE TAURUS MOLECULAR CLOUD
Description: The intricate jumble depicted in this image from ESA’s Herschel space observatory shows the distribution of gas and dust in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, a giant stellar nursery about 450 light-years away in the constellation…
NASA Invests in Future of Aviation with Supersonic…
Quieter, greener supersonic travel is the focus of eight studies selected by NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project to receive more than $2.3 million in funding for research that may help overcome the remaining barriers to…