Even very slight environmental noise, such as microscopic vibrations or magnetic field fluctuations a hundred times smaller ...

The term “vacuum” means many different things depending whether you are working on space equipment, scientific instruments, or even internal combustion engines. In our sphere it is so often used as a ...

Vacuum chambers are used in limited training for astronauts. Simulations take place inside vacuum chambers and underwater in swimming pools, according to NASA. Astronauts train in vacuum chambers to ...

PowerProbes from UHV Design allow samples to be transferred securely into a ultrahigh vacuum system(Image courtesy: AdobeStock/yblaz) Vacuum-based instruments provide ...

For quantum technologies to fulfil their promise, the systems that support them need to shrink. Laurence Coles explains how advances in additive manufacturing are bringing miniaturization within reach ...

The chemical foundations of life could be found in the frigid pockets of molecular clouds that exist in the space between stars, rather than on any planetary bodies. At the University of Aarhus in ...