Shaping the future -- from sleep to air travel

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Imagine airplane wings that can change shape in mid-air or a material that can curve, bulge or twist without the need for expensive and heavy motors or hydraulics. Imagine a material that gets thicker when stretched, unlike conventional materials that get thinner – a substance that could be used in anything from a mattress to an airplane. The implications are enormous.


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Einstein was right: Unique stellar system provides 'laboratory' for testing relativity

Jul 03, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Researchers at McGill University's Department of Physics – along with colleagues from several countries – have confirmed a long-held prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, via observations ...

Qubits and Branes Share Surprising Features

Jul 03, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
What do black holes and entangled particles have in common? Until about a year ago, physicists thought that the two entities existed in completely separate worlds. Then, in 2007, physicist Michael Duff from ...

Some fundamental interactions of matter found to be fundamentally different than thought

Jul 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Collisions have consequences. Everyone knows that. Whether it's between trains, planes, automobiles or atoms, there are always repercussions. But while macroscale collisions may have the most obvious effects - mangled steel, ...

Atomic Tug of War

Jul 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
A new form of energy-transfer, reported today in Nature (3 July 2008) may have implications for the study of reactions going on in the atmosphere, and even for those occurring in the body.

A front-row seat at this summer's physics extravaganza

Jul 02, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Nearly 20 years in the making, the largest particle accelerator in the world will start running in Switzerland this summer, offering scientists a glimpse of particles that have never been seen before.
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