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Completed experiments on International Space Station to help answer how boiling and condensation work in space

After a decade of preparation and two years of active experiments in space, a facility that Purdue University and NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland designed, built and tested has completed its test campaign on the International Space Station.

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Aliphatic hydrocarbons on Ceres’ surface found to have short lifetimes

A team of astrophysicists from several institutions in Italy, working with a colleague in the U.S., has found that aliphatic hydrocarbons observed on Ceres’ surface have short lifetimes, suggesting they likely appeared there within the last 10 million years.

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NOAA shares first data from GOES-19 EXIS instrument

The Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) onboard NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite, which launched on June 25, 2024, are powered on, performing well, and observing the sun.

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Telescope captures the most detailed infrared map ever of our Milky Way

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects―the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope, the team monitored the central regions of our galaxy over more than 13 years. At 500 terabytes of data, this is the largest observational project ever […]

Balloon mission tests quantum sensor technology

A WashU team launched the Dilution Refrigerator Transition Edge Sensor (DR-TES) mission on Sept. 24 from NASA’s scientific balloon facility in Fort Sumner, N.M. The mission is testing a sophisticated cooling system and a novel gamma-ray detector array in near-space conditions.

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Security protocol leverages quantum mechanics to shield data from attackers during cloud-based computation

Deep-learning models are being used in many fields, from health care diagnostics to financial forecasting. However, these models are so computationally intensive that they require the use of powerful cloud-based servers.

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Alternating currents for alternative computing with magnets

A new study conducted at the University of Vienna, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, and the Helmholtz Centers in Berlin and Dresden takes an important step in the challenge to miniaturize computing devices and to make them more energy-efficient.

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A detailed microscopic theory: Lifting the veil of topological censorship

Topological protection provides unprecedented robustness of physical phenomena against all kinds of perturbations; but in doing so, it exercises topological censorship by hiding all kinds of interesting and important microscopic information. Recent experiments have collected microscopic information precisely of the kind hidden by such topological censorship.

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Ultra-high speed camera for molecules: Attosecond spectroscopy captures electron transfer dynamics

In nature, photosynthesis powers plants and bacteria; within solar panels, photovoltaics transform light into electric energy. These processes are driven by electronic motion and imply charge transfer at the molecular level. The redistribution of electronic density in molecules after they absorb light is an ultrafast phenomenon of great importance involving quantum effects and molecular dynamics. […]

ALICE probes the strong interaction three-body problem with new measurements of hadron–deuteron correlations

In an article recently published in Physical Review X, the ALICE collaboration presented its studies of correlations in the kaon–deuteron and proton–deuteron systems, opening the door to precise studies of the forces in three-body nuclear systems.

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BWC: Man who stabbed his mother to death charged at Calif. officers before fatal OIS

The man was stabbing his mother in the driveway of their home when Irvine police arrived; still leaning over his mother and armed with the knife, he lunged at an officer

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Here Are 5 Of The Largest Stones Ever Moved By The Ancients

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All around the world we find massive stones—weighing more than 1,000 tons—that have been transported, somehow, by ancient civilizations in the past.

Without the use of modern technologies, our ancestors achieved the unimaginable, moving massive stones that weigh more than one thousand tons.

So, how did they do it? Was […]

N.Y. deputy killed in crash

Oswego County Deputy Cailee Campbell, 33, was responding to a call with her lights on when her cruiser and a car collided

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted, sources say

It was not immediately clear when the charges would be made public or when Adams might have to appear in court

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The Mysterious Flattened Mountaintop of Monte Alban, and its Ancient Pyramid City

One of the most unusual and mysterious archaeological sites in modern-day Mexico lies on the summit of Monte Alban. The city is believed to have been built sometime around 500 BC, and it features some of the most oddly shaped structures of the ancient world.

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