Abu Dhabi, May 21 – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) opened its thirty-first Council meeting on Wednesday at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, with more than 300 government representatives attending in person and online.…
Mysterious cosmic radio bursts found to repeat
Astronomers for the first time detect repeat ‘fast radio bursts’ from same sky location Dwingeloo,-- Astronomers for the first time have detected repeating short-duration bursts of radio waves from an enigmatic source which is likely located…
Pulsar Web Could Detect Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves
[caption id="attachment_7855" align="alignright" width="985"] Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time, represented by the green grid, produced by accelerating bodies such as interacting supermassive black holes. These waves affect the time it takes for radio signals…
LOFAR to extend into Ireland
The world’s biggest connected radio telescope is about to become even bigger! LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) will expand into Ireland. This is not only great news for Irish astrophysics, but also for the International LOFAR…
Making 3-D imaging 1,000 times better
Algorithms exploiting light’s polarization boost resolution of commercial depth sensors 1,000-fold. [caption id="attachment_6903" align="alignright" width="1024"] By combining the information from the Kinect depth frame in (a) with polarized photographs, MIT researchers reconstructed the 3-D surface…