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Extra large carbon

Physics / General Physics

6 hours ago | 4.7 / 5 (9) | 4 |

An exotic form of carbon has been found to have an extra large nucleus, dwarfing even the nuclei of much heavier elements like copper and zinc, in experiments performed in a particle accelerator in Japan. ...

Scientist explore future of high-energy physics

Physics / General Physics

12 hours ago | 4.9 / 5 (10) | 4 |

In a 1954 speech to the American Physical Society, the University of Chicago's Enrico Fermi fancifully envisioned a particle accelerator that encircled the globe. Such would be the ultimate theoretical outcome, ...

Leaf veins inspire a new model for distribution networks (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

9 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Following the straight and narrow may be good moral advice, but it’s not a great design principle for a distribution network. In new research, a team of biophysicists describe a complex netting of interconnected ...

Freezing point of supercooled water varies with electric charge

Physics / Condensed Matter

Feb 08, 2010 | 4.9 / 5 (9) | 2 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as water can be superheated and remain liquid above the boiling point if there is no nucleating surface (such as a surface defect or a speck of dust), it can also become supercooled and ...

Physicist proposes method to teleport energy

Physics / Quantum Physics

Feb 05, 2010 | 4.6 / 5 (56) | 55 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the same quantum principles that enable the teleportation of information, a new proposal shows how it may be possible to teleport energy. By exploiting the quantum energy fluctuations ...

Record-breaking LHC collisions offer first glimpse of physics at new energy frontier

Physics / General Physics

Feb 05, 2010 | 4.4 / 5 (39) | 31 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- In December, the Large Hadron Collider, the world?s largest particle accelerator, shattered the world record for highest energy particle collisions.

Scientist make a leap in quantum computing

Physics / Quantum Physics

Feb 05, 2010 | 4.7 / 5 (27) | 18 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A major hurdle in the ambitious quest to design and construct a radically new kind of quantum computer has been finding a way to manipulate the single electrons that very likely will constitute ...

Electrons on the brink: Fractal patterns may be key to semiconductor magnetism (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

Feb 05, 2010 | 4.5 / 5 (12) | 2 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as the heartbeats of today's electronic devices depend on the ability to switch the flow of electricity in semiconductors on and off with lightning speed, the viability of the "spintronic" ...

'Quantum Logic Clock' Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World's Most Precise Clock (w/ Video)

Physics / Quantum Physics

Feb 04, 2010 | 4.8 / 5 (21) | 10 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world’s most ...

First germanium laser brings us closer to 'optical computers'

Physics / Optics & Photonics

Feb 04, 2010 | 4.8 / 5 (26) | 7 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have demonstrated the first laser built from germanium that can produce wavelengths of light useful for optical communication. It’s also the first germanium laser to operate ...

Exploring the characteristics of viscoelastic fluids

Physics / General Physics

Feb 04, 2010 | 4.8 / 5 (10) | 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- There are many microorganisms out there, navigating through complex biological fluids. “One of the most common migrations takes place with spermatozoa as it navigates the female reproductive tract,” Joseph ...

Artificial magnetic fields for light could illuminate correlated quantum systems

Physics / Quantum Physics

Feb 03, 2010 | 4.7 / 5 (16) | 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- In general, the field of many-body physics involves the interactions and collective behavior of large numbers of particles. Scientists have made significant progress in exploring this field, ...

Scientists find quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis

Physics / Quantum Physics

Feb 03, 2010 | 4.8 / 5 (30) | 28 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of University of Toronto chemists have made a major contribution to the emerging field of quantum biology, observing quantum mechanics at work in photosynthesis in marine algae.

Organic Layers Pave Way for Next Generation of Biosensors and Solar Cells

Physics / Condensed Matter

Feb 03, 2010 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- UT Dallas researchers have laid the groundwork for attaching virtually any organic molecule to silicon, a technological feat that promises to greatly improve semiconductor devices’ performance ...

Leaves whisper their properties through ultrasound

Physics / General Physics

Feb 03, 2010 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 1

The water content of leaves, their thickness, their density and other properties can now be determined without even having to touch them. A team of researchers from the CSIC Institute of Acoustics and the ...

Ultracold chemistry: First direct observation of exchange process in quantum gas

Physics / Quantum Physics

Feb 02, 2010 | 4.8 / 5 (16) | 5 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Considerable progresses made in controlling quantum gases open up a new avenue to study chemical processes. Rudolf Grimm’s research team at the Austrian Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum ...

New neutron studies support magnetism's role in superconductors

Physics / Superconductivity

Feb 02, 2010 | 4.3 / 5 (11) | 4 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Neutron scattering experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory give strong evidence that, if superconductivity is related to a material's magnetic properties, ...

Researchers show applied electric field can significantly improve hydrogen storage properties

Physics / Condensed Matter

Feb 02, 2010 | 4.6 / 5 (9) | 6 |

An international team of researchers has identified a new theoretical approach that may one day make the synthesis of hydrogen fuel storage materials less complicated and improve the thermodynamics and reversibility ...