Aerosols are tiny particles of liquid or solid material that drift through the air and are constantly present in our surroundings. Some are big enough to spot, like spring pollen, while others, ...
Using lasers as tweezers to understand cloud electrification might sound like science fiction, but at the Institute of ...
< ISTA PhD student Andrea Stöllner in front of her experimental setup. Beyond the lab, the physicist a ...
This machine can create powerful X-rays on a microchip, miniaturizing one of the most powerful tools in particle physics.
Using lasers as tweezers to understand cloud electrification might sound like science fiction but at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria ...
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Scientists use laser tweezers to trap particles that trigger lightning strikes
In a lab filled with bouncing green lasers and an anti-vibration table that hums a soft, squishy sound, the researchers used ...
A particle accelerator that produces intense X-rays could be squeezed into a device that fits on a table, my colleagues and I ...
A member of the beam instrumentation team prepares the test of a hollow-core fibre at CERN's CLEAR facility. (Image: CERN) A ...
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New nanotube design could make particle accelerators thinner than a hair
When grown vertically into aligned arrays, known as nanotube “forests,” they form ideal channels for the corkscrewing laser ...
A green spectacle. With protective eyewear, ISTA PHD student Andrea Stöllner takes a glimpse into the experimental chamber ...
Scientists develop a microscopic heat engine that achieves 100% efficiency, accomplishing what seemed impossible.
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