UNSW researchers with the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging have built a sensor…
Month: May 2017
Atomic Scattering Factor of the ASTRO-H (Hitomi) SXT Reflector Around the Gold’s L Edges
Abstract: The atomic scattering factor in the energy range of 11.2 - 15.4 keV for the…
Students seek to ban plastic water bottles from campus
Zero waste by 2020—that's one of the goals of the UC Office of the President's Sustainability…
Astrophysicists discover a star polluted by calcium
An international team of astrophysicists led by a scientist from the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the…
Official launch of public database of ‘at risk’ archaeological sites
Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa, (EAMENA) an archaeological preservation project, will today…
The first sequencing of a channel catfish genome
A fish named "Coco" is at the center of the first genome sequence for any catfish…
Noise Characterization and Performance of MODIS Thermal Emissive Bands
Abstract: The MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a premier Earth-observing sensor of the early 21st century,…
Video: 2017 Queensland floods
Heavy rains following Tropical Cyclone Debbie have caused rivers in eastern Australia to breach their banks, inundating…
Shocked gas in galaxy collisions
Collisions between galaxies, especially ones rich in molecular gas, can trigger bursts of star formation that…
New electronic device senses explosive vapors
Scientists from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Russia) have presented a detector that can distinguish…