Catching gravity, rolling by
David Appell explores how the Advanced LIGO facility is designed to detect gravitational waves
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Mimicking the Martian surface to test space devices
A vacuum vessel that can simulate the harsh conditions on our planetary neighbour is an ideal testing ground for space instrumentation
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Vacuum environments aid nano exploration
Bespoke vacuum sample environments at synchrotron X-ray facilities reveal nanoscale kinetics, chemical transformations and other processes relevant to materials synthesis
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Tiny particles dance around each other in near-zero gravity
$20,000 camera is dropped 3 m to understand how planets are formed
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CLOUD experiment at CERN aids climate predictions
The cleanest chamber ever built is allowing researchers at CERN to track the microscopic processes governing cloud formation
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Vacuum challenge for the Sirius synchrotron
Cutting-edge vacuum technology under development at Brazil’s new synchrotron will allow more stable and brighter X-ray beams for the study of matter at shorter length and timescales
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Redefining temperature
Michael de Podesta reveals how he has measured temperature more accurately than ever before
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