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Shielding for ambitious neutron experiment

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 24, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (16) | comments 0

In science fiction stories it is either the inexhaustible energy source of the future or a superweapon of galactic magnitude: antimaterial. In fact, antimaterial can neither be found on Earth nor in space, is extremely complex ...





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Adjusting acidity with impunity

Adjusting acidity with impunity

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do individual cells or proteins react to changing pH levels? Researchers at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have developed a technique ...


Tiny nano-electromagnets turn a cloak of invisibility into a possibility

Physics / General Physics

created 9 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A team of researchers at the FOM institute AMOLF (The Netherlands) has succeeded for the first time in powering an energy transfer between nano-electromagnets with the magnetic field of light.


Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)

Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 2: Accelerating with Light)

Physics / General Physics

created 11 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Accelerators are far from achieving the highest energies their builders aspire to, but size and cost may limit the kinds of facilities funding agencies can support. In the future, new kinds of machines will ...


Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers: Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow

Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers)

Physics / General Physics

created 11 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

From their humble beginnings as offshoots of the ordinary electric light bulb, particle accelerators have evolved in surprising directions. Among the most productive and promising developments have been light ...


Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

Technology / Energy

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (25) | comments 0

Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.


Efficient new wireless system can save 10 percent of bandwidth

Technology / Engineering

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Driven by fast-growing use of smart phones and Internet videos, wireless communication among Americans is expanding so rapidly that a tsunami of megabytes could soon threaten to overwhelm the bandwidth available.


Up a little on the left... now, over to the right... Scientists find a source of nonallergic itch

Medicine & Health / Research

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scratching below the surface of a troublesome sensation that's equal parts tingle-tickle-prickle, sensory scientists from Johns Hopkins have discovered in mice a molecular basis for nonallergic itch.


Digital quantum battery

Digital Quantum Battery Could Boost Energy Density Tenfold

Physics / Quantum Physics

created 15 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists theorize that quantum phenomena could provide a major boost to batteries, with the potential to increase energy density up to 10 times that of lithium ion batteries. According to ...


Scientists improve chip memory by stacking cells

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Arizona State University have developed an elegant method for significantly improving the memory capacity of electronic chips.


Nanoparticles go platinum: NCEM instruments provide key images

Nanoparticles go platinum: NCEM instruments provide key images

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

At Berkeley Lab's National Center for Electron Microscopy it was revealed that single-stranded DNA can disperse bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes into individual tubes and serve as guideposts for synthesizing ...



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