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Research gives new perspective on periodic table
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Transforming lead into gold is an impossible feat, but a similar type of "alchemy" is not only possible, but cost-effective too. Three Penn State researchers have shown that certain combinations of elemental ...
Tiny nano-electromagnets turn a cloak of invisibility into a possibility
Dec 22, 2009 |
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A team of researchers at the FOM institute AMOLF (The Netherlands) has succeeded for the first time in powering an energy transfer between nano-electromagnets with the magnetic field of light.
Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers)
Dec 22, 2009 |
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From their humble beginnings as offshoots of the ordinary electric light bulb, particle accelerators have evolved in surprising directions. Among the most productive and promising developments have been light ...
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Researchers are on the path to creating nano-MRI images
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Dec 22, 2009 |
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Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)
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Dec 22, 2009 |
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More precise measurements of the W boson
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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Swimming Bacteria Could Become Model for Micromachines
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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Physicists detect two candidate dark matter interactions, but say the data are not conclusive
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Dec 18, 2009 |
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Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players,
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time,
Dec 21, 2009 |
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More precise measurements of the W boson,
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Light-Driven Nanorod Could Roll on Water,
Dec 18, 2009 |
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New Study of Meteorite Provides More Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars,
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Physicists see through the opaque with 'T-rays'
Dec 18, 2009 |
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"T-rays" may make X-rays obsolete as a means of detecting bombs on terrorists or illegal drugs on traffickers, among other uses, contends a Texas A&M physicist who is helping lay the theoretical groundwork to make the concept ...
Large Hadron Collider preparing 2010 new science restart
Dec 18, 2009 |
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At its 153rd session today, the CERN Council heard that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ended its first full period of operation in style on Wednesday 16 December. Collisions at 2.36TeV recorded since last ...
Beaming in on Warm Dense Matter (w/ Video)
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment II (NDCX-II) now under construction at Berkeley Lab will deliver a high-current pulse of lithium ions to a foil target almost simultaneously, momentarily heating ...
Caltech scientists film photons with electrons
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Techniques recently invented by researchers at the California Institute of Technology -- which allow the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure of nanoscale ...
An Advance in Superconducting Magnet Technology Opens the Door for More Powerful Colliders
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Preparing for as much as a 10-fold increase in the Large Hadron Collider's luminosity within the next decade, U.S. scientists and engineers have demonstrated a powerful magnet based on an ...
Scientists Investigate Cause of 'Singing Dunes'
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In more than 30 locations around the world, the phenomenon of singing sand dunes has intrigued explorers, tourists, and scientists. When an avalanche occurs or even when the sand is pushed ...
Google Collaborates with D-Wave on Possible Quantum Image Search
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Always on the cutting edge of new computing technologies, Google has recently announced that it is investigating the use of quantum computing schemes to achieve faster image recognition rates. ...
Large Hadron Collider produces first physics results
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first paper on proton collisions in the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - designed to provide the highest energy ever explored with particle accelerators - is published online this week ...
Theorists propose a new way to shine -- and a new kind of star
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Dying, for stars, has just gotten more complicated. For some stellar objects, the final phase before or instead of collapsing into a black hole may be what a group of physicists is calling an electroweak star.
Scientists discover mechanism behind superinsulation
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered the microscopic mechanism behind the phenomenon of superinsulation, the ability of certain materials ...
New structure could produce efficient semiconductor laser sources
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have achieved a nanoscale laser structure they anticipate will produce semiconductor lasers in the next two years that are more than twice as efficient ...
A new kind of micro-mobility: Moving tiny particles using magnetic fields (w/ Video)
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new microscopic system devised by researchers in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a microfluidic chip, and ...
AOptix Technologies and NuCrypt demonstrate physical-layer quantum encryption
Dec 14, 2009 |
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AOptix Technologies, a leading edge developer of ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions, and NuCrypt, a provider of technology for ultra-high security over optical communication networks, disclosed today the recent ...
Queen Mary scientists shed light on a mysterious particle
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at Queen Mary, University of London have begun looking deep into the Earth to study some of nature's weirdest particles; neutrinos.
Elusive 'hot' electrons captured in ultra-thin solar cells
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Boston College researchers have observed the "hot electron" effect in a solar cell for the first time and successfully harvested the elusive charges using ultra-thin solar cells, opening a potential avenue to improved solar ...
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Weir in space and dimmed sun creates 200-million-mile-long lab bench for turbulence research
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Dec 11, 2009 |
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Magnetic field measurements of the human heart at room temperature
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Physics rules network dynamics
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Dec 11, 2009 |
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City Tech physicist thinks small and big with CERN Large Hadron Collider research
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Scientists Create Material More Insulating than the Vacuum
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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Formula to detect an author's literary 'fingerprint'
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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Highlight: Solar - Bridging the gap
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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Atom smasher catches 1st high-energy collisions
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Dec 09, 2009 |
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Does weak equivalence break down at the quantum level?
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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Bacteria offer insights into human decision making
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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Gallium nitride transistor could replace silicon
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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Turning metal black more than just a novelty
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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Using lasers to cool and manipulate molecules
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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Hunt for Higgs boson: Mass of top quark narrows search
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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Researchers demonstrate nanoscale X-ray imaging of bacterial cells
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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Super cool atom thermometer
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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Scientists take theoretical research on 'nasty' molecule to next level
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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Physicist Jack Harris Is Honored by DARPA as One of Nation's 'Rising Stars'
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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Turbulence around heat transport
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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Wizard at circuits, physics
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