Phys.org-News and Articles on Science, 10-11 Mar 2019

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Testers look into security of car alarms

A: “You mean your keyless-entry car was stolen in spite of your alarm?” B: “No, my car was stolen because of my alarm.” Does this make any sense? It would if you read about a UK security firm’s findings when they went looking …

dateMar 09, 2019 in Security weblog

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Hubble’s dazzling display of two colliding galaxies

Located in the constellation of Hercules, about 230 million light-years away, NGC 6052 is a pair of colliding galaxies. They were first discovered in 1784 by William Herschel and were originally classified as a single irregular …

dateMar 08, 2019 in Astronomy

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Arctic change has widespread impacts

As the Arctic warms faster than the rest of the globe, permafrost, land ice and sea ice are disappearing at unprecedented rates. And these changes not only affect the infrastructure, economies and cultures of the Arctic, …

dateMar 08, 2019 in Environment

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Listening to quantum radio

Researchers at Delft University of Technology have created a quantum circuit to listen to the weakest radio signal allowed by quantum mechanics. This new quantum circuit opens the door to possible future applications in areas …

dateMar 08, 2019 in Quantum Physics

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Blood holds key to liver regeneration

The liver is the only organ in the body that can regenerate. But some patients who undergo a liver resection, a surgery that removes a diseased portion of the organ, end up needing a transplant because the renewal process …

dateMar 08, 2019 in Medical research

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A thermo-sensor for magnetic bits

Scientists of the Department of Physics at the University of Hamburg, Germany, detected the magnetic states of atoms on a surface using only heat. The respective study is published in a recent volume of Science. A magnetic …

dateMar 08, 2019 in General Physics

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SpaceX capsule on big mission to return to Earth (Update)

Crew Dragon, the new space capsule built by SpaceX, left orbit Friday to dive into the atmosphere for a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean—the final and most dangerous phase of a demonstration mission for NASA.

dateMar 08, 2019 in Space Exploration
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