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Beaming in on Warm Dense Matter (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(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 ...


Transparent aluminium is 'new state of matter'

Transparent aluminium is 'new state of matter'

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (99) | comments 49

(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science ...


Judge rules in Palin e-mail case

Technology / Internet

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A judge ruled Wednesday that the Alaska governor's office can use private e-mail accounts to conduct state business, as former Gov. Sarah Palin sometimes did.


Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to model origins of the unseen universe

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 5

Understanding dark energy is the number one issue in explaining the universe, according to Salman Habib, of the Laboratory's Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology group.


Is the Milky Way doomed to be destroyed by galactic bombardment? Probably not, study says

Is the Milky Way doomed to be destroyed by galactic bombardment? Probably not

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- As scientists attempt to learn more about how galaxies evolve, an open question has been whether collisions with our dwarf galactic neighbors will one day tear apart the disk of the Milky ...


Work begins on world's deepest underground lab (AP)

Work begins on world's deepest underground lab

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 11

(AP) -- Far below the Black Hills of South Dakota, crews are building the world's deepest underground science lab at a depth equivalent to more than six Empire State buildings - a place uniquely suited to ...


Faulty 'wiring' in the brain triggers onset of schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), King's College London has discovered abnormalities in the white matter of the brain that seem to be critical for the timing of schizophrenia. The study, led ...


New physics theory prize names first recipient

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pioneering theorist and Nobel laureate Philip W. Anderson has been named the first recipient of the Richard E. Prange Prize and Lectureship in Condensed Matter Theory and Related Areas. Anderson will receive a $10,000 honorarium ...


Athletes, spectators faced unprecedented air pollution at 2008 Olympic Games

Athletes, spectators faced unprecedented air pollution at 2008 Olympic Games

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Particulate air pollution during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing constantly exceeded levels considered excessive by the World Health Organization, was far worse than other recent Olympic ...


Don't be happy, be worried: Sports fans need dose of negative

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

For sports fans watching their favorite team play, the greatest enjoyment comes only with a strong dollop of fear and maybe even near-despair, a new study suggests.


Simulations Illuminate Universe's First Twin Stars

Simulations Illuminate Universe's First Twin Stars (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The earliest stars in the universe formed not only as individuals, but sometimes also as twins, according to a paper published today in Science Express. By creating robust simulations of the ...


Researcher uses 100,000 degree heat to study plasma

Researcher uses 100,000 degree heat to study plasma

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Using one of the greatest sources of radiation energy created by man, University of Nevada, Reno researcher and faculty member Roberto Mancini is studying ultra-high temperature and non-equilibrium plasmas ...


Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits

Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 2 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have successfully operated a quantum gate between two remote particles of matter, marking an important step toward the development of a quantum computer. In ...


 perpetual motion machine

Could Exotic Matter Provide an Infinite Source of Energy?

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (35) | comments 63 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Generally, scientists prefer to avoid the concept of perpetual motion. The idea of a machine that could produce movement that goes on forever, and using that movement to generate an endless ...


Zero tolerance, zero effect: Stats show laws 'inert'

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 1

As college administrators, social scientists and law enforcement officials across the country continue to debate whether the drinking age should be 18 instead of 21, a Sam Houston State University economist challenges a related ...