Wednesday 12 June 2013

NASA'S Chandra Turns up Black Hole Bonanza in Galaxy Next Door

Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way.

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Quantum Entanglement: Spooky Action Put to Order

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A property known as «entanglement» is a fundamental characteristic of quantum mechanics. Physicists and mathematicians at ETH Zurich show now how different forms of this phenomenon can be efficiently and systematically classified into categories.

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The Webcomic Guide to Quantum Physics - Io9

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Last year, Jorge Cham of the webcomic Piled Higher and Deeper (a.k.a. PhD comics) combined animation with expert interviews to explain the Higgs Boson and ...

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Have Google and NASA bought a quantum computer? - Sci Guide ...

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... the Head Squeeze gang! Google & NASA are said to have bought a quantum computer ...

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Planetary Resources Needs YOUR Help to Hunt for Alien Planets

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Asteroid mining company announces new crowdfunding goal to enhance the ARKYD telescope with capability to search for alien planets around distant stars. Bellevue, Washington – Alien planets are out there and Planetary Resources needs your help to ...

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Manchester scientists find remarkable magnetic property of graphene

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Scientists at Manchester University, who discovered graphene just nine years ago, have demonstrated another remarkable property of what many have hailed as the first wonder material of the 21st century. The latest finding, reported in the journal ...

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The Webcomic Guide to Quantum Physics

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Last year, Jorge Cham of the webcomic Piled Higher and Deeper (a.k.a. PhD comics) combined animation with expert interviews to explain the Higgs Boson and black body radiation. Now, he's trying his hand at quantum physics – a subject, he admits, he is ...

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Bill Nye on mining asteroids, space, and spreading ... - Marketplace

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Bill Nye the Science Guy discusses asteroid science, space exploration, and why not everyone needs to become an engineer.

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Marquez Joins Asteroid Mining Company - Space News

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Peter Marquez has joined Planetary Resources as vice president for global engagement. Credit: SpaceNews photo by Thomas Brown. WASHINGTON — Peter ...

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Space mining and investment + Arkyd kickstarter update

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3-D printer from Made in Space to go to the ISS. An announcement from NASA and Made in Space: Another American High Frontier First: 3-D Manufacturing in ...

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Kelvin probe microscopy measures chemical doping of reduced graphene oxide

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Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) is an electronically hybrid material with remarkable chemical sensing properties. RGO–based chemical sensors are typically obtained by exposing water-dispersed graphene oxide to different types of reducing agents.

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Angstron Completes New Dry Rooms for Development of Nano Graphene ...

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The dry rooms provide a controlled environment for accelerated development and production of Angstron's nano graphene anode material for high performance batteries. The dry room capability and added building space also support Dayton's ongoing efforts ...

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Controlling magnetic clouds in graphene

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Graphene is a chicken wire made of carbon atoms. It is possible to remove some of these atoms which results in microscopic holes called vacancies. The Manchester scientists have shown that electrons condense around these holes into small electronic ...

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Asteroid mining firm hires former White House officer | MININGcom

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MININGcom Your source for global mining news ... Asteroid mining startup Planetary Resources has hired Peter Marquez former director of space policy under ...

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2D-Tech supplying wonder material graphene around the globe

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Graphene's discoverers, Prof Andre Geim and Prof Kostya Novoselov, first made graphene in their Manchester lab using the simple but effective technique of applying sticky tape to a block of graphite and then peeling it off, which left a layer of ...

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Dark Matter Theory Answers Key Questions Regarding the ...

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It appears to have left behind a large clump of dark matter. (Photo : Space Telescope Science Institute). Dark matter may possess a rare, doughnut-shaped ...

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New type of Dark matter? - Science News - Science Forums

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Dark atoms "There is no good reason to assume that all the dark matter in the universe is built out of one type of particle," study author Andrey Katz of Harvard ...

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Asteroid miners' crowdfunded space telescope may hunt for alien planets

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By Mike Wall, Space.com. The world's first crowdfunded space telescope may add planet hunting to its skill set. Late last month, asteroid-mining firm Planetary Resources promised to make one of its Arkyd telescopes available for public use if $1 ...

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This Simple Explanation Of Quantum Computing Will Convince You That We're ...

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Your computer can only represent things as a one or zero, but a quantum computer can render a qubit as representing a one, a zero, or every fraction between one and zero all at once. Quantum physics deals often with uncertainty, and this is how quantum ...

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Euclid Dark Matter Mission Now In Development

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The European Space Agency's (ESA's) Euclid module under development in France will be helping to explore dark energy and dark matter in the universe. ... Dark energy causes a force that is overcoming gravity and accelerating the expansion around us ...

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Dark Matter Mystery May Be Cracked With One Simple Theory (PHOTO)

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It appears to have left behind a large clump of dark matter," Vanderbilt University (Photo : Space Telescope Science Institute). anapole. "Comparison of an anapole field with common electric and magnetic dipoles. The anapole field, top, is generated by ...

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Dark Matter Theory Answers Key Questions Regarding the Mysterious Substance

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(Photo : Space Telescope Science Institute). Dark matter may possess a rare, doughnut-shaped electromagnetic field called an ... And while several physicists have examined dark matter particles that don't carry electrical charges but feature electric ...

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Dark Matter Theory Proposes a Simple Donut-Shaped Electromagnetic Field

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Most of our universe's mass lies unseen as an invisible agent known as dark matter, and while the nature of dark matter has puzzled scientists for decades, a new study says that's it's all really quite simple: it's made up of particles with a donut ...

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Asteroid Miners' Crowdfunded Space Telescope May Hunt Exoplanets

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Late last month, asteroid-mining firm Planetary Resources promised to make one of its Arkyd telescopes available for public use if $1 million could be raised for the effort by June 30 via the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. With backers having ...

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Marquez Joins Asteroid Mining Company - Space News

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Marquez Joins Asteroid Mining Company. By Dan Leone | Jun 11 2013. Peter Marquez has joined Planetary Resources as vice president for global engagement ...

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