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Excerpts from the Red Folder
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Excerpts from the Red Folder
Excerpts from the Red Folder
MAVEN spacecraft spots tiny particles surrounding Mars that could have an interplanetary origin
Read article: Mysterious dust and diffuse aurorae envelop the red planet
Energy is released by creating increasing numbers of tears in a balloon's fabric
Read article: Balloon bursts approach the speed of sound
Linear optical systems will need 100,000 times as many components as matter-based technologies
Read article: Light-based quantum computers will come at a great cost
Excerpts from the Red Folder
Dwarf planet is colourful and rich in active geology
Read article: NASA finds Pluto steeped in flowing glaciers and kilometre-high mountains
Device uses electron spin and is made by conventional semiconductor manufacturing processes
Read article: Silicon quantum logic gate is a first
Pair win for their discovery of neutrino oscillations
Read article: Art McDonald and Takaaki Kajita win 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics