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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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Tailoring the optical dipole force for use on molecules

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Scientists have been working with dipole fields for quite some time," Peter Barker tells PhysOrg.com. "However, most of the work is focused on very small particles, like atoms, or on larger particles, such a ...


Casting for molecules

Casting for molecules

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Many of the larger molecules have something in common with dolls - movable limbs. Physicists at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin can now sort molecules according to the direction ...


Contracts Awarded for Production of NSLS-II Storage Ring Magnets

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- All seven contracts for the production of the NSLS-II storage ring magnets have now been awarded -- a significant milestone for the project. The magnets -- 750 in total -- will be made by vendors in the United ...


Rice scientists unveil 'nanoegg'

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 20, 2006 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have unveiled the "nanoegg," the latest addition to their family ultrasmall, light-focusing particles. A cousin of the versatile nanoshell, nanoeggs are ...


Materials Regain Properties Previously Thought to Disappear under Pressure

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created Nov 21, 2005 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

University of Arkansas physicists working with researchers in France have shown that a group of materials used in military sonar and medical ultrasound regain their unique properties at high pressures, overturning a belief ...


Orienting Flow in Carbon Nanotubes

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (28) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes provide some of the most interesting possibilities for future technology. One of the more intriguing possibilities – with a variety of practical applications – is using carbon nanotubes for ...


Giant memory thanks to tiny capacitors

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (42) | comments 10

German-Korean research team produces a permanent memory using a new procedure and thereby sets a memory density record.


MIT tests unique approach to fusion power

MIT tests unique approach to fusion power

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 28, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (140) | comments 15

An MIT and Columbia University team has successfully tested a novel reactor that could chart a new path toward nuclear fusion, which could become a safe, reliable and nearly limitless source of energy.


LHC completes the circle

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 07, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 0

At a brief ceremony deep under the French countryside today, CERN Director General Robert Aymar sealed the last interconnect in the world’s largest cryogenic system, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This is the latest milestone ...


New NIST Detector Can 'See' Single Neutrons Over Broad Range

New detector can 'see' single neutrons over broad range

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created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have developed a new optical method that can detect individual neutrons and record them over a range ...



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