Monday 3 April 2017

New ultrafast flexible and transparent memory devices could herald new era of electronics

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An innovative new technique to produce the quickest, smallest, highest-capacity memories for flexible and transparent applications could pave the way for a future golden age of electronics.
via Science Daily

Subaru telescope detects the shadow of a gas cloud in an ancient proto-supercluster

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The Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope has been used to create the most-extensive map of neutral hydrogen gas in the early universe. This cloud appears widely spread out across 160 million light-years in and around a structure called the proto-supercluster. It is the largest structure in the distant universe, and existed some 11.5 billion years ago. Such a huge gas cloud is extremely valuable for studying large-scale structure formation and the evolution of galaxies from gas in the early universe, and merits further investigation.
via Science Daily
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Q&A: What Happens to Spores in Space?

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Microbes can survive in outer space, but are harmed by the ultraviolet radiation found beyond the ozone layer.
via New York Times

Saturn in Infrared from Cassini

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Many details of Saturn appear clearly in infrared light. Bands of clouds show great structure, including long stretching storms. Also quite striking in infrared is the unusual hexagonal cloud pattern surrounding Saturn's North Pole. Each side of the dark hexagon spans roughly the width of our Earth. The hexagon's existence was not predicted, and its origin and likely stability remains a topic of research. Saturn's famous rings circle the planet and cast shadows below the equator. The featured image was taken by the robotic Cassini spacecraft in 2014 in several infrared colors -- but only processed recently. In September, Cassini's mission will be brought to a dramatic conclusion as the spacecraft will be directed to dive into ringed giant.

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Giant Jupiter

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Space Science Image of the Week: Look up to see the target of our future Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer shine at its brightest this week
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2017/04/Jupiter_on_25_February_2017