Study of 'Solitons' Adds Insight into Nanomagnet Behavior

Study of 'Solitons' Adds Insight into Nanomagnet Behavior

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Scientists are a long way off from a complete understanding of the interactions and behaviors that govern nanomagnets — magnets on the scale of a billionth of a meter. However, a groundbreaking new study helps ...


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Study: King Tut slain by sword in the knee

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Researchers from Italy's Bolzano University say they believe Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun died from an infection caused by a sword cut.


Dr. Benny Freeman

New material brings hydrogen fuel, cheaper petrochemicals closer to reality

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A rubbery material that can purify hydrogen efficiently in its most usable form for fuel cells and oil refining has been developed by a chemical engineering group at The University of Texas at Austin.


Colorized micrograph of three tunable gates across an electrical channel in a single electron tunneling (SET) transistor

New design for transistors powered by single electrons

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created Feb 02, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (27) | comments 0

Scientists have demonstrated the first reproducible, controllable silicon transistors that are turned on and off by the motion of individual electrons. The experimental devices, designed and fabricated at NTT ...


Zhi-Xun Shen, Norman Mannella

Experiments debunk 'pseudogap' role in superconductivity, pave way to practical superconductors

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A phenomenon of solid-state physics known as "pseudogaps," suspected by some scientists of playing a key role in the mystery of high-temperature superconductors, has now been found to occur in materials of ...


Russia's Kliper Shuttle

Russia's Kliper Shuttle To Be Launched In 2015

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A new reusable space craft designed in Russia will start delivering crews and supplies to the world's sole civilian orbital station in 2015, the head of Russia's leading space corporation said Wednesday, reports ...


Deep-sea robot photographs ancient Greek shipwreck

Deep-sea robot photographs ancient Greek shipwreck

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Sometime in the fourth century B.C., a Greek merchant ship sank off Chios and the Oinoussai islands in the eastern Aegean Sea. The wooden vessel may have succumbed to a storm or a fire, or maybe rough weather ...


Samsung Develops 1.72'' Super-reflective LCD Screen for Cell Phones

Samsung Develops 1.72'' Super-reflective LCD Screen for Cell Phones

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Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed a 1.72-inch super-reflective (SR) LCD screen that can be read easily outdoors even when the sun is shining brightly. The reflectance rate for the new transflective ...


Stable polymer nanotubes may have a biotech future

Stable polymer nanotubes may have a biotech future

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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created polymer nanotubes that are unusually long (about 1 centimeter) as well as stable enough to maintain their shape indefinitely. ...


ISS Progress 20 docks with the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV

ISS To Evolve Into International Space Port - Official

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The number of pressurized modules on the International Space Station will be doubled to 12 in 2010, the head of Russia's leading space corporation said Wednesday, reports RIA Novosti.


Ejecta plume from Tempel 1, 13 seconds after impact

'Deep Impact' team reports first evidence of cometary ice

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Comet Tempel 1, which created a flamboyant Fourth of July fireworks display in space last year, is covered with a small amount of water ice. These results, reported by members of NASA's Deep Impact team in ...


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Dinosaur extinction controversy continues

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The seemingly never-ending controversy concerning the demise of dinosaurs some 65 million years ago is showing no signs of resolution.


Enhanced LIDAR improves range, vibration measures

Enhanced LIDAR improves range, vibration measures

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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated the use of an ultrafast laser "frequency comb" system for improved remote measurements of distance and vibration. The technology, ...


Neutron Star Swaps Lead to Short Gamma-Ray Bursts

Neutron Star Swaps Lead to Short Gamma-Ray Bursts

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Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the universe, emitting huge amounts of high-energy radiation. For decades their origin was a mystery. Scientists now believe they understand the processes ...


New technologies enhance quantum cryptography

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A team of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo., and Albion College, in Albion, Mich., have achieved quantum ...




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