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  Ames IA (SPX) Jan 03, 2019 A team of experimentalists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and theoreticians at University of Alabama Birmingham discovered a remarkably long-lived new state of matter in an iron pnictide superconductor, which reveals a laser-induced formation of collective behaviors that compete with superconductivity. "Superconductivity is a strange state of matter, in which the pairing of electrons makes them move faster," said Jigang Wang, Ames Laboratory physicist and Iowa State University ... read more |
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Massive new dark matter detector gets its 'eyes'Providence RI (SPX) Jan 02, 2019 The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter detector, which will soon start its search for the elusive particles thought to account for a majority of matter in the universe, had the first of its "eyes" delivere ... more  
Osiris-REX enters close orbit around asteroid BennuTucson AZ (SPX) Jan 01, 2019 At 2:43 p.m. EST on December 31, while many on Earth prepared to welcome the New Year, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, 70 million miles (110 million kilometers) away, carried out a single, eight-secon ... more  
New findings reveal the behavior of turbulence in the exceptionally hot solar coronaPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Jan 02, 2019 The sun defies conventional scientific understanding. Its upper atmosphere, known as the corona, is many millions of degrees hotter than its surface. Astrophysicists are keen to learn why the corona ... more  
China spacecraft in position for first-ever landing on Moon's far sideBeijing (Sputnik) Jan 01, 2019 Orbiting the moon, China's Chang'e 4 lunar lander has moved into position in preparation for mankind's first landing on the far side of Earth's only natural satellite. In entering its planned ... more |
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Beyond the black hole singularity with loop quantum gravityUniversity Park PA (SPX) Jan 01, 2019 Our first glimpses into the physics that exist near the center of a black hole are being made possible using "loop quantum gravity" - a theory that uses quantum mechanics to extend gravitational phy ... more 
The coolest experiment in the universePasadena CA (JPL) Jan 01, 2019 What's the coldest place you can think of? Temperatures on a winter day in Antarctica dip as low as -120+ F (-85+ C). On the dark side of the Moon, they hit -280+ F (-173+ C). But inside NASA's Cold ... more 
Our universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimensionUppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jan 01, 2019 Uppsala University researchers have devised a new model for the Universe - one that may solve the enigma of dark energy. Their new article, published in Physical Review Letters, proposes a new struc ... more 
Cosmologists claim universe is riding on an expanding bubble in an extra dimensionWashington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 Cosmologists at Uppsala University in Sweden have developed a new model for the structure of the universe. ... more 
New insights into pion condensation and the formation of neutron starsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2019 In 1973, Russian physicist A.B. Migdal predicted the phenomenon of pion condensation above a critical, extremely high - several times higher than that for normal matter - nuclear density. Although t ... more |
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 Researchers model glaciation on Mercury's poles 
Holiday Asteroid Imaged with NASA RadarPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 24, 2018 The December 2018 close approach by the large, near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 has provided astronomers an outstanding opportunity to obtain detailed radar images of the surface and shape of the obje ... more  |
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Astrodynamics and the Gravity Measurement Descent OperationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 27, 2018 Until now, "astrodynamics" has been one of the less frequently reported operations for Hayabusa2. In space engineering, the movement, attitude, trajectory and overall handling of the flight mechanic ... more
Physicists develop new theory to answer fundamental questions about black holesBaton Rouge LA (SPX) Dec 21, 2018 When stars collapse, they can create black holes, which are everywhere throughout the universe and therefore important to be studied. Black holes are mysterious objects with an outer edge called an ... more  
Scientists discover how and when DNA replicatesWashington (UPI) Jan 01, 2019 Scientists have discovered how and when DNA replicates inside cells. ... more  
A major step closer to a viable recording material for future hard disk drivesWashington DC (SPX) Dec 27, 2018 Magnetic recording is the primary technology underpinning today's large-scale data storage. Now, companies are racing to develop new hard disk devices (HDDs) capable of recording densities greater t ... more
China's Chang'e-4 probe changes orbit to prepare for moon-landingBeijing (XNA) Jan 02, 2019 China's Chang'e-4 probe entered a planned orbit Sunday morning to prepare for the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced. ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 03, 2019 
Scientists from NASA's New Horizons mission released the first detailed images of the most distant object ever explored - the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule. Its remarkable appearance, unlike anything we've seen before, illuminates the processes that built the planets four and a half billion years ago.
"This flyby is a historic achievement," said New Horizons principal investiga ... more |
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 Saitami, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2019 
Using observations from the ALMA radio observatory in Chile, researchers have observed, for the first time, a warped disk around an infant protostar that formed just several tens of thousands of years ago. This implies that the misalignment of planetary orbits in many planetary systems - including our own - may be caused by distortions in the planet-forming disk early in their existence.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 24, 2018 
Mars atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site remains at a storm-free range around 1.0.
No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018). Opportunity likely experienced a low-power fault, a mission clock fault and an up-loss timer fault.
Since the loss of signal, the team has been listening for the rover over a broad range of times, frequencies and polari ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Jan 01, 2019 
Orbiting the moon, China's Chang'e 4 lunar lander has moved into position in preparation for mankind's first landing on the far side of Earth's only natural satellite.
In entering its planned orbit on Sunday, the Chinese spacecraft will "prepare for the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon," stated the China National Space Administration, cited by the state-owned Xinhua medi ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 02, 2019 
Before moving NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, and to assure that it's kept clean and safe, Webb got a very special wrapping treatment. The wrapping acts as a "mobile clean room," safeguarding the technological marvel from contaminants.
All satellites and observatories are created in clean rooms. Clean rooms filter out harmful contaminants, as even a speck of dust or a fingerprint could ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Jan 01, 2019 
China successfully sent six atmospheric environment research satellites and a test communication satellite into orbit Saturday.
They were launched by a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4:00 p.m.
The six Yunhai-2 satellites will be used to study atmospheric environment, monitor space environment, prevent and reduce disasters, and cond ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 24, 2018 
The December 2018 close approach by the large, near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 has provided astronomers an outstanding opportunity to obtain detailed radar images of the surface and shape of the object and to improve the understanding of its orbit.
The asteroid will fly safely past Earth on Saturday, Dec. 22, at a distance of about 1.8 million miles (2.9 million kilometers). This will be th ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jan 02, 2019 
The sun defies conventional scientific understanding. Its upper atmosphere, known as the corona, is many millions of degrees hotter than its surface. Astrophysicists are keen to learn why the corona is so hot, and scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have completed research that may advance the search.
The scientists found that form ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 03, 2019  A Chinese lunar rover landed on the far side of the moon on Thursday, in a global first that boosts Beijing's ambitions to become a space superpower. The Chang'e-4 probe touched down and sent a photo of the so-called "dark side" of the moon to the Queqiao satellite, which will relay communications to controllers on Earth, state broadcaster CCTV said. Beijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022, and of eventually sending humans to the moon. ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 02, 2019
Before moving NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, and to assure that it's kept clean and safe, Webb got a very special wrapping treatment. The wrapping acts as a "mobile clean room," safeguarding the technological marvel from contaminants.
All satellites and observatories are created in clean rooms. Clean rooms filter out harmful contaminants, as even a speck of dust or a fingerprint could ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 01, 2019 
Zinc is one of the essential components in the diet of all living organisms. It is the second most abundant biological trace element after iron. Zinc is of great importance in various metabolic functions and its deficiency can cause many problems.
It is involved in cellular metabolism, growth, development, cellular physiology, and immune function. Approximately 300 enzymes and 100 transcri ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 03, 2019 
The duration of the longest mission to the ISS to date is 215 days, according to a source in the aerospace industry.
The Russian manned Soyuz spacecraft will perform record-long missions to the International Space Station (ISS), lasting for seven months, this year, a source in the aerospace industry told Sputnik.
"Soyuz MS-12 is to be launched on March 1 and is to land on October 3 w ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 27, 2018 
An American adventurer has become the first person to complete a solo trek across Antarctica without assistance of any kind.
Colin O'Brady, 33, took 54 days to complete the nearly 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) crossing of the frozen continent from coast to coast.
In an Instagram post, he explained his journey ended upon crossing the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf: the point where Antarctica's ... more |
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 Miandoab, Iran (AFP) Dec 30, 2018 
It is one of the worst ecological disasters of recent decades, but the shrinking of Iran's great Lake Urmia finally appears to be stabilising and officials see the start of a revival.
A rusty cargo ship and a row of colourful pedal boats lying untouched on the bone-dry basin are a sign of the devastating loss of water in what was once the largest lake in the Middle East.
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 Hannover, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2018 
The detection of Einstein's gravitational waves relies on highly precise laser measurements of small length changes. The kilometer-size detectors of the international network (GEO600, LIGO, Virgo) are so sensitive that they are fundamentally limited by tiny quantum mechanical effects.
These cause a background noise which overlaps with gravitational-wave signals. This noise is always presen ... more |
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