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Apr- 2022 -29 AprilSpace
Rapid Magnetic Explosions in Space: Explaining Mystery Behind Fast Magnetic Reconnection
Lead Image: Solar flares and coronal mass ejections on the sun are caused by “magnetic reconnection”—when magnetic field lines of opposite directions merge, rejoin, and snap apart, creating explosions that release massive amounts of energy. Credit: NASA Conceptual Image Laboratory Researchers identify the physics that enables rapid magnetic explosions in space. When magnetic field lines of opposite directions merge, they create explosions that can release tremendous amounts of energy. The merging of opposing field lines on the sun creates solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which are massive blasts of energy that can travel to Earth in less than a…
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27 AprilQuantum Computing
Breakthrough Discovery of the One-Way Superconductor – Thought To Be Impossible
Lead Image: Artist Impression of a superconducting chip. Credit: TU Delft Associate professor Mazhar Ali and his research group at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have discovered one-way superconductivity without magnetic fields, something that was thought to be impossible ever since its discovery in 1911 – until now. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, makes use of 2D quantum materials and paves the way toward superconducting computing. Superconductors can make electronics hundreds of times faster, all with zero energy loss. Ali: “If the 20th century was the century of semiconductors, the 21st can become the century of the…
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18 AprilEnergy
Capturing Solar Energy and Converting It to Electricity When Needed – Up to 18 Years Later
Researchers have taken a step forward in developing an energy system that makes it possible to capture solar energy, store it for up to 18 years, and release it when and where it is needed. They have now succeeded in getting the system to produce electricity by connecting it to a thermoelectric generator, after previously demonstrating how the energy can be retrieved as heat. Credit: Chalmers University of Technology | Daniel Spacek, neuroncollective.com The researchers behind an energy system that makes it possible to capture solar energy, store it for up to eighteen years, and release it when and where…
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14 AprilAstronomy
Hubble Uncovers Bizarre, Evolutionary Missing Link From the Dawn of the Universe
Lead Image: This is an artist’s illustration of a supermassive black hole that is inside the dust-shrouded core of a vigorously star-forming “starburst” galaxy. It will eventually become an extremely bright quasar once the dust is gone. The research team believes that the object, discovered in a Hubble deep-sky survey, could be the evolutionary “missing link” between quasars and starburst galaxies. The dusty black hole dates back to only 750 million years after the big bang. Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Bartmann Bizarre, Evolutionary Missing Link Uncovered in Hubble Deep Survey of Galaxies The universe is so saturated with galaxies that…
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11 AprilMoon
The Art of Becoming a Multi-Planetary Species: Could humans live on Jupiter’s moons?
Lead Image: Jupiter’s Galilean Moons NASA’s Galileo spacecraft captured these images of Jupiter’s four largest moons. From left to right, they are shown in order from outermost to innermost: Callisto in 2001, Ganymede in 1997, Europa in 1998, and Io in 1997. Image Credit: NASA / JPL / Ted Stryk What kind of challenges would humans face to live on Jupiter’s icy moons and what discoveries would await? Today, we take a look at Jupiter’s largest moons. Also known as the “Galileans” or “Jovian Moons,” these satellites have long been a source of fascination for astronomers and scientists. Ever since…
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