Monthly Archives: aprile 2012

‘Supermoon’ Alert: Biggest Full Moon of 2012 Occurs This Week – In arrivo la Luna piena più grande del 2012

‘Supermoon’ Alert: Biggest Full Moon of 2012 Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend. The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And because this month’s … Continue reading

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2012 May 20: Annular Solar Eclipse – Eclissi solare del 20 maggio 2012

Annular Solar Eclipse of May 20 The first solar eclipse of 2012 occurs at the Moon’s descending node in central Taurus. An annular eclipse will be visible from a 240 to 300 kilometre-wide track that traverses eastern Asia, the northern … Continue reading

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Quantum physics mimics spooky action into the past

Physicists of the group of Prof. Anton Zeilinger at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), the University of Vienna, and the Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ) have, for the first time, demonstrated in an … Continue reading

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Design: A transparent bubble tent to see the stars – Una bolla trasparente per ammirare le stelle

How cool are these individual bubble rooms? French designer Pierre-Stéphane Dumas has put a new spin on camping outdoors with his series of tent-like chambers shaped like igloos, under the name Bubbletree. Each bubble suite is fit to be fully … Continue reading

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Bach Under The Stars

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H3+: The molecule that made the Universe – H3+: La molecola che ha fatto l’Universo

The molecule known as H3+ is believed to have had a vital role in cooling down the first stars of the universe, and may still play an important part in the formation of current stars. Above, new stars burst into … Continue reading

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An elementary quantum network of single atoms in optical cavities – Nasce la Internet quantistica

Quantum networks are distributed quantum many-body systems with tailored topology and controlled information exchange. They are the backbone of distributed quantum computing architectures and quantum communication. Here we present a prototype of such a quantum network based on single atoms … Continue reading

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Physicists Discover New Type of Particle Sort Of – Team di ricercatori vicino all’individuazione sperimentale dei fermioni di Majorana

In 1937, after the rise of quantum mechanics, Ettore Majorana, an Italian theoretical physicist, realized that the new physics implied the existence of a novel type of particles, now called Majorana fermions. After a 75-year hunt, researchers have now spotted … Continue reading

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‘UFO Galaxy’ Spotted by Hubble Telescope – Il Telescopio Hubble riprende una galassia a forma di UFO!

Il Telescopio Spaziale Hubble ha trovato un UFO, ma questo ospita una infinità di stelle anzichè omini verdi. Il famoso Telescopio ha ripreso una ennesima stupefacente immagine immortalando la “Galassia UFO”, una galassia che dista 35 milioni di anni luce … Continue reading

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Space: Sound of the planets – Spazio: La musica dei pianeti

This music was recorded by Voyager I and II as they crossed paths with Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune. Questa musica è stata registrata dalle sonde Voyager I e II al loro passaggio nei pressi dei pianeti Giove, Saturno e Nettuno.

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I fisici mostrano un dispositivo di occultamento del tempo – Physicists demonstrate a time cloaking device

Ricercatori della Cornell University di Ithaca hanno realizzato per la prima volta una sorta di mantello di invisibilità temporale in grado, una volta attivato, di mascherare un evento per 110 nanosecondi. Il dispositivo, realizzato dal team di Moti Fridman (School … Continue reading

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