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Scientists turn dents into smart bumps Physics / Materials August 23, 2006 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 50 vote(s) \| No comments yet Due to a phenomenon called the shape memory effect (SME), certain "memory metals" can be distorted and then brought back to their original shape by a simple temperature change. While a one-way memory effect ...

Scientists explain causes of abrupt rain storms Physics / Physics August 15, 2006 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 53 vote(s) \| No comments yet No two rain storms are alike. Dark clouds may form slowly throughout the day before a drop of rain falls, and sunny days can suddenly transform into thunderstorms. Different societies throughout history have ...

Detector can count atom by atom Physics / Physics August 10, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s) \| No comments yet More than 80 years have passed since Louis de Broglie discovered that matter can act like a wave as well as a particle. With advances in technology, scientists have recently begun exploiting this strange property ...

Scientists design simpler, more accurate nanothermometer Nanotechnology / Materials July 26, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 39 vote(s) \| No comments yet By using carbon nanotubes containing gallium for measuring temperature at the nanoscale, scientists have invented a new nanothermometer that works simply by heating and cooling the tubes.

Protein-Nanoparticle Material Mimics Human Brain Tissue Physics / Materials July 21, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| No comments yet A composite material consisting of a horse protein and metallic nanoparticles displays magnetic properties very similar to those of human brain tissue, scientists have found. The work, published in the June 20 online edition ...

Nanoparticles self-assemble through chemical lithography Nanotechnology / Physics July 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| No comments yet Nanoparticles – while possessing some amazing properties of strength and power – are also delicate little things, when it comes to manipulating them for use in nanodevices. Many scientists consider that the ...

Improved Superconductivity in Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Nanotechnology March 13, 2006 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 33 vote(s) \| No comments yet A group of researchers from several institutions in Japan has observed superconductivity — a phenomenon in which electrons flow with no resistance — in billionth-of-a-meter sized cylindrical carbon molecules ...

Nano-scale fuel cells may be closer than we think, thanks to an inexpensive new manufacturing method Nanotechnology March 12, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 128 vote(s) \| No comments yet We live in a world of hand-held devices: iPods, cell phones, PDAs, pagers... the list of essential personal technology keeps expanding, and the natural response is consolidation. It’s rare these days to see ...

It Comes From Space to Solve our Energy Problems Space & Earth science March 11, 2006 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 74 vote(s) \| No comments yet GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a start-up company in Cambridge Massachusetts, wants to use little green algae to cleanse the smoke from polluting smokestacks, converting it back into bio-fuels such as ...

The Physics of Friendship Physics March 10, 2006 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 158 vote(s) \| No comments yet By comparing people to mobile particles randomly bouncing off each other, scientists have developed a new model for social networks. The model fits with empirical data to naturally reproduce the community ...

Tick Tock: Who Needs an Atomic Clock? Physics March 08, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| No comments yet “Last year the Nobel Prize recognized the significance of this field with John Hall and Theodor Hänsch,” says Chris Oates of studying optical atomic clocks. “There are a lot of new ideas coming out, and we ...

Nanocaps help scientists control magnetism reversal Nanotechnology March 03, 2006 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 75 vote(s) \| No comments yet By fabricating curved “nanocaps” to study nanoscale magnetism, scientists have discovered how to partly control magnetism reversal, which could improve applications such as data storage, recording media and ...

Japanese Device Uses Laser Plasma to Display 3D Images in the Air Physics February 27, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 437 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 A collaboration of the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Keio University and Burton Inc. has produced a device to display "real 3D images" consisting of dot arrays ...

Hitching a Ride Out of a Gluttonous Black Hole Physics February 25, 2006 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 82 vote(s) \| No comments yet “Ever since Stephen Hawking showed that black holes evaporate,” says Seth Lloyd, an MIT physicist, “people have wondered about the stuff that comes out of them. Is it just garbage, or is it something else?” ...

Physicists Predict Stock Market Crashes Physics February 24, 2006 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 219 vote(s) \| No comments yet On Monday, October 19, 1987 – infamously known as “black Monday” – the Dow fell 508 points, or 22.9%, marking the largest crash in history. Using an analytical approach similar to the one applied to explore ...

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Scientists turn dents into smart bumps Physics / Materials August 23, 2006 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 50 vote(s) \| No comments yet Due to a phenomenon called the shape memory effect (SME), certain "memory metals" can be distorted and then brought back to their original shape by a simple temperature change. While a one-way memory effect ...

Scientists explain causes of abrupt rain storms Physics / Physics August 15, 2006 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 53 vote(s) \| No comments yet No two rain storms are alike. Dark clouds may form slowly throughout the day before a drop of rain falls, and sunny days can suddenly transform into thunderstorms. Different societies throughout history have ...

Detector can count atom by atom Physics / Physics August 10, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s) \| No comments yet More than 80 years have passed since Louis de Broglie discovered that matter can act like a wave as well as a particle. With advances in technology, scientists have recently begun exploiting this strange property ...

Scientists design simpler, more accurate nanothermometer Nanotechnology / Materials July 26, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 39 vote(s) \| No comments yet By using carbon nanotubes containing gallium for measuring temperature at the nanoscale, scientists have invented a new nanothermometer that works simply by heating and cooling the tubes.

Protein-Nanoparticle Material Mimics Human Brain Tissue Physics / Materials July 21, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 31 vote(s) \| No comments yet A composite material consisting of a horse protein and metallic nanoparticles displays magnetic properties very similar to those of human brain tissue, scientists have found. The work, published in the June 20 online edition ...

Nanoparticles self-assemble through chemical lithography Nanotechnology / Physics July 20, 2006 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 38 vote(s) \| No comments yet Nanoparticles – while possessing some amazing properties of strength and power – are also delicate little things, when it comes to manipulating them for use in nanodevices. Many scientists consider that the ...

Improved Superconductivity in Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Nanotechnology March 13, 2006 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 33 vote(s) \| No comments yet A group of researchers from several institutions in Japan has observed superconductivity — a phenomenon in which electrons flow with no resistance — in billionth-of-a-meter sized cylindrical carbon molecules ...

Nano-scale fuel cells may be closer than we think, thanks to an inexpensive new manufacturing method Nanotechnology March 12, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 128 vote(s) \| No comments yet We live in a world of hand-held devices: iPods, cell phones, PDAs, pagers... the list of essential personal technology keeps expanding, and the natural response is consolidation. It’s rare these days to see ...

It Comes From Space to Solve our Energy Problems Space & Earth science March 11, 2006 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 74 vote(s) \| No comments yet GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a start-up company in Cambridge Massachusetts, wants to use little green algae to cleanse the smoke from polluting smokestacks, converting it back into bio-fuels such as ...

The Physics of Friendship Physics March 10, 2006 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 158 vote(s) \| No comments yet By comparing people to mobile particles randomly bouncing off each other, scientists have developed a new model for social networks. The model fits with empirical data to naturally reproduce the community ...

Tick Tock: Who Needs an Atomic Clock? Physics March 08, 2006 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 23 vote(s) \| No comments yet “Last year the Nobel Prize recognized the significance of this field with John Hall and Theodor Hänsch,” says Chris Oates of studying optical atomic clocks. “There are a lot of new ideas coming out, and we ...

Nanocaps help scientists control magnetism reversal Nanotechnology March 03, 2006 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 75 vote(s) \| No comments yet By fabricating curved “nanocaps” to study nanoscale magnetism, scientists have discovered how to partly control magnetism reversal, which could improve applications such as data storage, recording media and ...

Japanese Device Uses Laser Plasma to Display 3D Images in the Air Physics February 27, 2006 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 437 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 A collaboration of the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Keio University and Burton Inc. has produced a device to display "real 3D images" consisting of dot arrays ...

Hitching a Ride Out of a Gluttonous Black Hole Physics February 25, 2006 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 82 vote(s) \| No comments yet “Ever since Stephen Hawking showed that black holes evaporate,” says Seth Lloyd, an MIT physicist, “people have wondered about the stuff that comes out of them. Is it just garbage, or is it something else?” ...

Physicists Predict Stock Market Crashes Physics February 24, 2006 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 219 vote(s) \| No comments yet On Monday, October 19, 1987 – infamously known as “black Monday” – the Dow fell 508 points, or 22.9%, marking the largest crash in history. Using an analytical approach similar to the one applied to explore ...

Scientists turn dents into smart bumps

Scientists explain causes of abrupt rain storms

Detector can count atom by atom

Scientists design simpler, more accurate nanothermometer

Protein-Nanoparticle Material Mimics Human Brain Tissue

Nanoparticles self-assemble through chemical lithography

Improved Superconductivity in Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Nano-scale fuel cells may be closer than we think, thanks to an inexpensive new manufacturing method

It Comes From Space to Solve our Energy Problems

The Physics of Friendship

Tick Tock: Who Needs an Atomic Clock?

Nanocaps help scientists control magnetism reversal

Japanese Device Uses Laser Plasma to Display 3D Images in the Air

Hitching a Ride Out of a Gluttonous Black Hole

Physicists Predict Stock Market Crashes

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