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

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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, bruised flesh - sometimes it is the tiniest collisions that have the most resounding repercussions.


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Scientists reveal effects of quantum 'traffic jam' in high-temperature superconductors

Aug 27, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with colleagues at Cornell University, Tokyo University, the University of California, Berkeley, ...

Entanglement without Classical Correlations

Aug 27, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Quantum mechanics is full of counterintuitive concepts. The idea of entanglement – when two or more particles instantaneously exhibit dependent characteristics when measured, no matter how far apart they are – is one of them. ...

Japanese physicists aim to unlock universe's mysteries

Aug 27, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
As the world's scientists try to unzip mysteries about the universe, Japan is set to open its largest atomic science park to study the world at its smallest level.

First particles observed in Large Hadron Collider

Aug 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Glasgow scientists, working at CERN, have observed the first particles in the Large Hadron Collider during preliminary tests ahead of the switch-on next month.

Scientists identify quantum differences between light and heavy water

Aug 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
Scientists know that light water (H2O) and heavy water (D2O) have similar but not identical structures. Using quantum mechanics, researchers have recently identified several differences ...