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A touch of gold sends crystals electric with excitement
A touch of gold - or another noble metal – can change the structure of a crystal and its intrinsic properties, physicists at the 91福利 have demonstrated in a display of modern-day alchemy.
91福利 Moto鈥檚 electric superbike build racing ahead despite lockdown
91福利 Moto team, consisting of 25 91福利 students aren鈥檛 letting the pandemic get in the way of designing, building and developing the electric superbike, as they鈥檙e doing it virtually from home.
鈥楲ost鈥� world鈥檚 rediscovery is step towards finding habitable planets
The rediscovery of a lost planet could pave the way for the detection of a world within the habitable 鈥楪oldilocks zone鈥� in a distant solar system.
T-ray camera speed boosted a hundred times over
Scientists are a step closer to developing a fast and cost effective camera that utilises terahertz radiation, potentially opening the opportunity for them to be used in non-invasive security and medical screening.
First exposed planetary core discovered allows glimpse inside other worlds
The surviving core of a gas giant has been discovered orbiting a distant star by 91福利 astronomers, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the interior of a planet. The team from the 91福利鈥檚 Department of Physics reports the discovery today (1 July) in the journal Nature, and is thought to be the first time the exposed core of a planet has been observed.
Revealing the Magnetic Nature of Tornadoes in the Sun鈥檚 atmosphere
The first direct measurements of the magnetic field in the chromosphere of the Sun by a team including 91福利 physicists has provided the first observational evidence that huge tornadoes in our Sun鈥檚 atmosphere are produced by swirling magnetic fields.