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Heliosphere

First images of solar system's invisible frontier

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (35) | comments 5

NASA's sun-focused STEREO spacecraft unexpectedly detected particles from the edge of the solar system last year, allowing University of California, Berkeley, scientists to map for the first time the energized ...


Bacteria

Plasma produces KO cocktail for MRSA

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 3

MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and un ...


New system for detection of single atoms

New system for detection of single atoms: Records photon bursts from optical cavity

Physics / General Physics

created May 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 2

Scientists have devised a new technique for real-time detection of freely moving individual neutral atoms that is more than 99.7% accurate and sensitive enough to discern the arrival of a single atom in less ...


First IBEX maps reveal fascinating interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system

Galactic magnetic fields may control the boundaries of our solar system

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2

The first all-sky maps developed by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, the initial mission to examine the global interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system, suggest that the galac ...


Scientists develop novel ion trap for sensing force and light

Scientists develop novel ion trap for sensing force and light

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Miniature devices for trapping ions (electrically charged atoms) are common components in atomic clocks and quantum computing research. Now, a novel ion trap geometry demonstrated at the National Institute ...


IBEX collecting science data, building first all-sky map of the edge of the solar system

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Following two months of commissioning, during which the spacecraft and sensors were tuned for optimum mission performance, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft began gathering data to build the first maps ...