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Scientists directly measure charge states of atoms using an atomic force microscope

Scientists directly measure charge states of atoms using an atomic force microscope

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists in collaboration with the University of Regensburg, Germany, and Utrecht University, Netherlands, for the first time demonstrated the ability to measure the charge state of ...





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Argonne scientists reach milestone in accelerator upgrade project

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have successfully stopped and then reaccelerated a stable ion through a newly constructed charge-breeder, bringing the CAlifornium Rare Isotope ...


Physicists shed light on key superconductivity riddle

Physicists shed light on key superconductivity riddle

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (43) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT physicists believe they have identified a mysterious state of matter that has been linked to the phenomenon of high-temperature superconductivity.


How Small is Too Small? Researchers Find that Polarization Changes at the Nanoscale

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- How small is too small to be useful? Researchers at North Carolina State University have done nanoscale analysis on ferroelectric thin films – materials that are used in electronic devices from computer ...


Where do nanomaterials go in the body?

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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

Tiny, engineered nanomaterials can already be found in many consumer products, and have been hailed as having widespread future uses in areas ranging from medicine to industrial processes. However, little is known about what ...


Study on effect of electricity on liquids bucks conventional science

Study on effect of electricity on liquids bucks conventional science (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether gazing into lava lamps or watching balsamic vinegar mix with olive oil, people have long been transfixed by the seemingly mystical way that droplets of one liquid find each other within ...


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Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the past, if you wanted a solar-powered gadget, you typically had to shell out a lot of cash for something made by a company you'd never heard of. But that's starting to change, as major brands such as ...


'Magnetricity' observed and measured for the first time

'Magnetricity' observed and measured for the first time

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (33) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- A magnetic charge can behave and interact just like an electric charge in some materials, according to new research led by the London Centre for Nanotechnology.


New solar energy material captures every color of the rainbow

Chemistry /

created Oct 16, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (67) | comments 8

Researchers have created a new material that overcomes two of the major obstacles to solar power: it absorbs all the energy contained in sunlight, and generates electrons in a way that makes them easier to capture.


AFOSR funds super-fast, secure computing

Michigan scientists working on super-fast, secure computing

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Air Force Office of Scientific Research(AFOSR)-supported physicists at the University of Michigan are developing innovative components for quantum, or super-fast, computers that will improve security for data ...


Just in the time for holiday shoppers: Hira offers advice on breaking credit addiction

Just in the time for holiday shoppers: Personal finance professor offers advice on breaking credit addiction

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An October survey of 3,800 consumers by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling found that more than two thirds (68 percent) planned to pay in cash for their holiday purchases this year, ...



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