Astronomers discover previously undetected feature of our Milky Way galaxy

[ad_1] Why is this important: Astronomers have discovered a previously undetected feature of our Milky Way galaxy – a cluster of young stars and star-forming gas clouds protruding from one of the galaxy’s iconic spiral arms “like a shard coming out of a wooden plank “. With each subsequent discovery, we slowly unravel the secrets … Read more

Uncover the secrets of the Earth’s magnetic field from 9,000-year-old recordings

[ad_1] Excavations at Tel Tifdan / Wadi Fidan. Credit: Thomas E. Levy International research by Tel Aviv University, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, and the University of California at San Diego have uncovered findings regarding the magnetic field that prevailed in the Middle East there about 10,000 to 8,000 years ago. Researchers … Read more

SpaceX to shrink and change Starship front flap design, says Elon Musk

[ad_1] SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said there was a “slight error” in the spacecraft’s current front flap design, requiring some minor but visible modifications on future prototypes of the spacecraft. Measuring 9m (30ft) wide and approximately 50m (~ 165ft) from tip to tail, Starship is the combined upper stage, spacecraft, tanker, and lander of a … Read more

Frictionless flowing 2D “supersolid” was created for the first time

[ad_1] In an important achievement, physicists produced a two-dimensional supersolid in the laboratory for the first time. It may sound incredibly mind-blowing, but it’s a feat researchers have been working toward for over 50 years. Supersolids are strange materials with atoms arranged in the ordered structure of a solid, but they can flow without friction, … Read more

“Shadow waveguide” projects complex acoustic models to control particles

[ad_1] Engineers at Duke University have developed a new approach to use sound waves to manipulate tiny particles suspended in a liquid in complex ways. Dubbed “shadow waveguides,” the technique uses just two sound sources to create a spatially complex sound field tightly confined within a room without requiring any interior structure. The technology offers … Read more

Exploration of the behavior of tantalum at high pressures and temperatures

[ad_1] A time-embedded photo taken during an Omega diffraction experiment. Omega’s work allows research to better understand the properties of tantalum. Credit: E. Kowaluk / LLE. Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) explored the high pressure behavior of shock-compressed tantalum at the Omega Laser Facility at the University of Rochester’s Laser Energy Laboratory (LLE). … Read more

Two-dimensional supersolidity in a dipolar quantum gas

[ad_1] 1. Gross, EP Unified theory of interacting bosons. Phys. Tower. 106, 161-162 (1957). ADS CAS MATH Google Scholar 2. Gross, EP Classical theory of boson wave fields. Anne. Physical. 4, 57-74 (1958). ADS MathSciNet MATH Google Scholar 3. Andreev, AF & Lifshitz, IM Quantum theory of defects in crystals. Sov. Phys. JETP 29, 1107-1114 … Read more