Jupiter’s Twin: NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Delivers New Planetary Discovery From the Grave
A new study by an international team of astrophysicists, led by the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics has presented the amazing new discovery of a…
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Breakthrough in Electrically Tunable Graphene Devices Could Lead to the Development of “Beyond-5G” Wireless Technology
Researchers engineer electrically tunable graphene devices to study rare physics. The breakthrough could lead to the development of ‘beyond-5G’ wireless technology for high-speed communication networks….
New “Missing Link” Fossil Reveals Origin of Arthropod Breathing System
University of Manchester research fellow David Legg, in collaboration with a team of international scientists from China, Switzerland, and Sweden, has today announced a new…
Cosmic Physics Breakthrough: Scientists Produce Particle-Antiparticle Pairs From a Vacuum
Cosmic physics mimicked on table-top as graphene enables Schwinger effect. Researchers at The University of Manchester have succeeded in observing the so-called Schwinger effect,…
Astronomers Solve 900-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery Surrounding Famous Chinese Supernova of 1181AD
A 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding the origins of a famous supernova first spotted over China in 1181AD has finally been solved, according to an international…
Using Astronaut Blood and Space Dust To Make Cosmic Concrete – For Affordable Housing on Mars
Transporting a single brick to Mars can cost more than a million British pounds – making the future construction of a Martian colony seem prohibitively…
Using Game Theory to Help Discover Intelligent Alien Life
New research from The University of Manchester suggests using a strategy linked to cooperative game playing known as ‘game theory’ in order to maximize the…
Innovation Pioneers Score World First for Sustainable Construction With “Game-Changing” Graphene-Enhanced Concrete
First commercial pour of engineered graphene concrete takes place in UK using Manchester technology. A joint venture between graphene specialists at The University of Manchester…
Radio Astronomers Discover 8 New Millisecond Pulsars With MeerKAT Telescope
A group of astronomers has discovered 8 millisecond pulsars located within dense clusters of stars, known as “globular clusters,” using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope….
Scientists Crack “The Brazil-Nut” Puzzle – How the Largest Nuts Rise to the Top
Scientists have for the first time captured the complex dynamics of particle movement in granular materials, helping to explain why mixed nuts often see the…
Nuclear Fusion: Building a Star on Earth Is Hard – We Need Better Materials
Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the Sun and all other stars. During fusion, the nuclei of two atoms are brought close enough together…
Scientists Developing “Game-Changing” Test to Diagnose Parkinson’s Based on Compounds Found on Skin
Results published on March 11, 2021, show it is possible to identify Parkinson’s Disease based on compounds found on the surface of skin. The findings…
True Identity of Mysterious High-Energy Gamma-Ray Source Revealed
An international research team including members from The University of Manchester has shown that a rapidly rotating neutron star is at the core of a…
Science of Building Sandcastles Mysteriously Explained for 150 Years by the “Kelvin Equation” Is Finally Understood
Water vapor from ambient air will spontaneously condense inside porous materials or between touching surfaces. But with the liquid layer being only a few molecules…
Findings to Help Achieve Holy Grail of 2D Materials – Superfast Electronic Devices
Researchers discover new family of quasiparticles in graphene-based materials. A group of researchers led by Sir Andre Geim and Dr. Alexey Berdyugin at The University…
Exotic Never Before Seen Four-Quark Particle Discovered Using Large Hadron Collider
The LHCb collaboration has observed an exotic particle made up of four charm quarks for the first time. The Large Hadron Collider Beauty (LHCb) collaboration…
Cornerstone of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Confirmed by Astrophysicists Using the Pulsar in a Triple Star System
An international collaboration of scientists has recorded the most accurate confirmation to date for one of the cornerstones of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, ‘the…
Astronomers Discover Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts From Outer Space Are Organized in a Regular Pattern
An investigation into one of the current great mysteries of astronomy has come to the fore thanks to a four-year observing campaign conducted at the…
