Physics

Proxima Centauri b

Hope for extraterrestrial life

A newly discovered planet is the focus of the search for life beyond Earth

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SESAME

Scientific diplomacy in the Middle East

The first source of synchrotron light in the Middle East will operate this year

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James Watson Cronin

Loss in physics

American physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1980, died at age 84

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geophysics

Quantum acceleration

Clouds of cold atoms can be used to measure variations in gravitational force

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PHYSICS

Less energy loss

International group produces a graphene and phosphorene transistor

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cover story

New eyes on the Universe

Telescopes will study dark matter, dark energy, and map the cosmos in 3D

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cover story

The age of grand observations

International partnerships and investments should boost astrophysics in São Paulo

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PHYSICS

Superproperties in 2D

New nanostructured materials are capable of storing information

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Under the force of the Andes

Map subdivided the topographic relief of South America into 35 units

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Physics

Da Vinci and friction

A researcher has retraced da Vinci’s work of the principles of friction

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ASTROPHYSICS

The hole in Eta Carinae

A hole in a large star allow us to see below the surface

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GEOMAGNETISM

Magnetic memories of the Jesuit missions

Geophysicists recovered information about the Earth’s magnetic field

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partnership

Strength in union

Researchers study how Xylella fastidiosa bacteria assemble into biofilms

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Institution

From Trieste to São Paulo

Center at Unesp advances research and events on theoretical physics

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BringWaterHome

A quantum game

Game helps researchers to find solutions to a quantum computing problem

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Acoustics

Subaquatic sounds

Hydrophones reveal a world of sound from the bottom of the sea

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PHYSICS

Quarks and their exotic combinations

X(5568) is the first tetraquark made of four quarks

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INTERNATIONALIZATION

A Northern pole

The Theoretical Physics Institute has new headquarters

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photography

Ion trap in a chip

Brazilian physicist has won two prizes in United Kingdom competition

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METALLURGY

The first step towards supermagnets

IPT is developing a process to transform rare earth elements into metal

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Marcela Carena

Beyond the Standard Model

The challenges of new theories that attempt to understand the particle physics

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ASTROPHYSICS

Another window to the Universe

Gravitational waves is expected to lead to studies on high-energy phenomena

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Memory

The eclipse that confirmed Einstein’s theory

National Observatory restores photographic plates of the 1919 solar eclipse

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CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Searching for the magic numbers

Four chemical elements are now part of the periodic table

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Aerospace engineering

A Brazilian satellite

Amazonia 1 will monitor natural resources and help fight deforestation

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Physics

Irreversible disorder in the world of atoms

A team measures the increase in entropy in carbon nuclei for the first time

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Careers

Expertise in fiber optics

Brazilian physicist is developing a company in São José dos Campos

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ASTRONOMY

The source of solar flares

International team maps the energy released in unstable regions of the Sun

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PHYSICS

The metrics of urban growth

Groups in Brazil and abroad use new metrics to identify trends in city growth

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Prize

The 2015 Nobel Prizes

Parasitic diseases and DNA repair are among the recognized research subjects

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