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Quantum tunneling pushes the limits of self-powered sensors

[ad_1] Shantanu Chakrabartty’s laboratory has worked to create sensors that can operate with the least amount of energy. His lab has been so successful in building smaller, more efficient sensors, that they have encountered an obstacle in the form of a fundamental law of physics. Sometimes, however, when you encounter …

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Burning question of bonfire night pollution

[ad_1] Bonfire night celebrations contaminate our air with extremely high amounts of soot, scientists have found. Researchers from the University of Leeds tested the air quality during the Guy Fawkes Night events in the city and found that soot in the atmosphere was around 100 times its normal level. Soot, …

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Large crop of black holes in the new gravitational wave map

[ad_1] Just a few years ago, scientists around the world celebrated when the first gravitational waves were detected, confirming a long-standing scientific theory and opening a whole new field of research. Now, the international research team responsible for detecting gravitational waves has announced another 39 gravitational wave events, bringing the …

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Researchers reveal the origins of the merger of black holes

[ad_1] Over the past five years, astronomy has been revolutionized as scientists have used ripples in the fabric of spacetime, called gravitational waves, to reveal the secrets of the previously hidden world of black holes. Gravitational waves are created when two black holes merge in a cataclysmic release of energy, …

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Illuminate a path to find planet nine

[ad_1] The search for Planet Nine – a hypothetical ninth planet in our solar system – could eventually identify the faintest orbital trails in an incredibly dark corner of space. This is exactly what Yale astronomers Malena Rice and Gregory Laughlin are attempting with a technique that collects scattered light …

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Student invests $ 5k in Crypto, to pay $ 400k in taxes

[ad_1] chirping Facebook LinkedIn In May 2017, a US-based university student invested $ 5,000 in Ethereum (ETH), when the digital assets were worth around $ 50. In just months, Eth's price soared from $ 50 to $ 1,281 at its peak, as the cryptocurrency market reached $ 800 billion. With …

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