In tension: the cosmic microwave background as seen by the Planck space telescope. It yields a value of the Hubble constant that is different from values measured in the nearby universe. (Courtesy: E… [+6357 chars]
Nonlinear optics is an important research direction with various applications in laser manufacturing, nanostructures' fabrication, sensor design, optoelectronics, biophotonics, and quantum optics, et… [+5407 chars]
Spacecraft Orion on orbit of Earth planet. Spaceship in space. Expedition to Moon. Artemis program. ... [+] Elements of this image furnished by NASA (url: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/sty… [+7712 chars]
Last week, we witnessed the largest asteroid of the year 2022 make its way very near Earth and then fly past. The Earth is approached by an asteroid almost every other week. In fact, there are around… [+3221 chars]
This visualization shows the orbits for scores of newly identified asteroids as green arcs. (B612 Asteroid Institute / UW Dirac Institute / OpenSpace Project) Astronomers have used a cloud-based tec… [+5341 chars]
Chemical reactions that are driven by light offer a powerful tool for chemists who are designing new ways to manufacture pharmaceuticals and other useful compounds. Harnessing this light energy requi… [+5425 chars]
Terahertz technology could enable advanced scanners for security, medicine, and materials science. It could also enable much faster wireless communications devices than are currently possible. Scien… [+5915 chars]
A Los Angeles math teacher gets students engaged with connections to science and exploring the human side of math, such as how leaders inspire change in their communities. Katherine Risbrough has be… [+7363 chars]
Lancaster University researchers have developed a camera-like device that for the first time is able to image vortices in quantum liquids. Vortices that form in stirred fluids or tornadoes and cyc… [+1887 chars]
The Hubble Space Telescope observed a pair of spiral galaxies, known as IC 4271, located some 800 million light-years from Earth. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, and B. Holwerda (University of Louisville R… [+2785 chars]
UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS * Michigan State University * 408 W. Circle Drive * East Lansing, MI * 48824 EAST LANSING, Mich. – On the list of scientific tools that help us understand health, evoluti… [+4550 chars]
The Sun is a great starting point for modeling the many physical processes in stellar interiors. However, the results of helioseismology, which provide information on the nature of the Sun’s interior… [+3088 chars]