Next-generation atomic clock successfully tested at sea

by quasarn01 | Apr 14, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Adelaide University researchers have successfully tested a new type of portable atomic clock at sea for the first time, using technology that could help power the next generation of navigation, communications and scientific systems. The research team, from the...

A ‘blob’ in a tank is helping scientists tease out the secrets of turbulence

by quasarn01 | Apr 14, 2026 | Latest in Physics

In a tank on the bottom floor of a University of Chicago research laboratory, scientists summon “The Blob” into existence by firing water jets to create an artfully choreographed series of rings. Go to Source

Chandra explores interstellar medium of a bright low-mass X-ray binary

by quasarn01 | Apr 14, 2026 | Astronomy

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have performed high-resolution X-ray spectroscopic observations of a bright low-mass X-ray binary known as GX 340+0. Results of the observational campaign, published April 3 on the arXiv pre-print server,...

Contaminants, including ink, detected in meteorites suggest sample preparation needs improving

by quasarn01 | Apr 14, 2026 | Astronomy

The IBeA group of the EHU-University of the Basque Country is proposing new measures to safeguard the purity of extraterrestrial samples. Several contaminants, including traces of ink, originating in the preparation of subsamples, have been identified in Martian...

Information from starquakes provides theoretical evidence for ‘fossilized’ magnetism in stars

by quasarn01 | Apr 14, 2026 | Astronomy

For the first time, new theoretical models, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, connect the magnetism at the surface of long-dead stellar remnants (white dwarfs) with recent evidence of magnetism at the cores of their dying progenitors (red giants). The team,...