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Record-breaking photons at telecom wavelengths—on demand - Phys.org
A team of researchers from the University of Stuttgart and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg led by Prof. Stefanie Barz (University of Stuttgart) has demonstrated a source of single photons that combines on-demand operation with record-high photon q…
Lab study suggests longer waves fracture floating ice sheets at lower stress - Phys.org
When waves are moving across ice-covered seas, they can cause sheets of ice to bend and ultimately break. Understanding the processes underlying these wave-induced ice fractures and predicting when they will occur could help to better forecast how climate cha…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Lights Up Mars for Very Rare Night Photo - PetaPixel
How and why NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a rare nighttime photo of Mars.
Quantum mechanical effects help overcome a fundamental limitation of optical microscopy - Phys.org
Researchers from Regensburg and Birmingham have overcome a fundamental limitation of optical microscopy. With the help of quantum mechanical effects, they succeeded for the first time in performing optical measurements with atomic resolution. Their work is pu…
Scientists discover molecule in space that hints at origin of life - CNN
A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.
Why are Tatooine planets rare? General relativity explains why binary star systems rarely host planets - Phys.org
Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.