Thursday 14 July 2016

Organic computers are coming

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A team of researchers from Russia and Germany have managed to find a molecule that, to their opinion, could give the impetus to the development of organic electronics.
via Science Daily

Astronomers Discover New Likely Dwarf Planet, the Latest of Many

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The object was seen in the Kuiper belt, a ring of icy debris beyond Neptune. Dozens of similar bodies may also meet the definition of a dwarf planet.
via New York Times

Juno Sends First Image Back While Orbiting Jupiter

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NASA released the first photograph taken from its space probe since its camera was turned back on after it locked into orbit on July 4.
via New York Times

Warm Jupiters not as lonely as expected

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After analyzing four years of Kepler space telescope observations, astronomers have given us our clearest understanding yet of a class of exoplanets called 'Warm Jupiters,' showing that many have unexpected planetary companions.
via Science Daily
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New light harvesting potentials uncovered

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Significant new potentials for light harvesting through narrowing the bandgap of titania and graphene quantum dots have been uncovered by scientists.
via Science Daily

NGC 1309: Spiral Galaxy and Friends

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A gorgeous spiral galaxy some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309 lies on the banks of the constellation of the River (Eridanus). NGC 1309 spans about 30,000 light-years, making it about one third the size of our larger Milky Way galaxy. Bluish clusters of young stars and dust lanes are seen to trace out NGC 1309's spiral arms as they wind around an older yellowish star population at its core. Not just another pretty face-on spiral galaxy, observations of NGC 1309's recent supernova and Cepheid variable stars contribute to the calibration of the expansion of the Universe. Still, after you get over this beautiful galaxy's grand design, check out the array of more distant background galaxies also recorded in this sharp, reprocessed, Hubble Space Telescope view.
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