Jupiter’s ‘Trojans’ on an atomic scale
The planet Jupiter keeps asteroids on stable orbits — and in a similar way, electrons can be stabilized in their orbit around the atomic nucleus. Calculations have now been verified in a new experiment. View full post on ScienceDaily: Physics News
Lab mimics Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids inside a single atom
Physicists have built an accurate model of part of the solar system inside a single atom. Scientists have shown that they could make an electron orbit the atomic nucleus in the same way that Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids orbit the sun. The findings uphold a 1920 prediction by physicist Niels Bohr. View full post on ScienceDaily: Chemistry News
The wild early lives of today’s most massive galaxies
(PhysOrg.com) — Using the APEX telescope, a team of astronomers has found the strongest link so far between the most powerful bursts of star formation in the early Universe, and the most massive galaxies found today. The galaxies, flowering with dramatic starbursts in the early Universe, saw the birth of new stars abruptly cut short, leaving them as massive — but passive — galaxies of aging stars in the present day. The astronomers also have a likely culprit for the sudden end to the starbursts: the emergence of supermassive black holes. View full post on PHYSorg.com: Astronomy News
Crystallizing the future of oxide materials
Researchers have examined the challenges facing scientists building the next generation of materials and innovative electronic devices and identified opportunities for taking the rational material design in new directions. View full post on ScienceDaily: Inorganic Chemistry News