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Physicists observe kink in the dispersion of f-electrons

Physicists observe kink in the dispersion of f-electrons

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Los Alamos researchers in collaboration with colleagues in US and Europe report on the observation of a kink in the dispersion of f-electrons in USb2.





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Ultracold gas mimics ultrahot plasma

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 13

Several years after Duke University researchers announced spectacular behavior of a low density ultracold gas cloud, researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed strikingly similar properties in a very hot ...


Fire Meets Ice: Superhot And Supercold Remarkably Similar In The 'Fermion' World (w/ Video)

Fire Meets Ice: Superhot And Supercold Remarkably Similar In The 'Fermion' World (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 13

Trapping and cooling a microscopic clump of gas and then suddenly releasing it would normally result in the gas rapidly expanding outward in all directions, like a spherical bubble.


Moderate-to-heavy exercise may reduce risk of stroke for men

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Men who regularly take part in moderate-to-heavy intensity exercise such as jogging, tennis or swimming may be less likely to have a stroke than people who get no exercise or only light exercise, such as walking, golfing, ...


Quantum Criticality Found in a Simple Liquid

Quantum Criticality Found in a Simple Liquid

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 07, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (40) | comments 0

A team from the Low Temperature Laboratory, Royal Holloway, University of London, has discovered a breakdown of the standard theoretical model of strongly interacting fermions in liquid 3He films.


How does media exposure affect self-esteem in overweight and underweight women?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overweight women's self-esteem plummets when they view photographs of models of any size, according to a new study in Journal of Consumer Research. And underweight women's esteem increases, regardless of models' size.


TRMM satellite mapped 'Ida the Low's' rainfall from space

TRMM satellite mapped 'Ida the Low's' rainfall from space (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as "TRMM" has the ability to measure rainfall from space, and assessed the heavy rainfall from last week's coastal low pressure area, formerly known ...


Heavy drinkers exercise to burn off alcohol: British study

Medicine & Health / Health

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

More than a quarter of drinkers in England who exercise regularly do so in an attempt to make up for bingeing on alcohol, according to a survey published Thursday.


Frequent flower buyers seek product variety

Biology / Other

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Florists and other retailers who sell flowers and plants can now add another tool to their marketing kit. A recent study of "consumption values" may help them understand what influences consumers' choices in regard to floral ...


The projection is based on data showing the incidence of heavy rain has doubled in the past 45 years

Global warming to triple rain over Taiwan: scientist

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Global warming will cause the amount of heavy rain dumped on Taiwan to triple over the next 20 years, facing the government with the urgent need to beef up flood defences, a scientist warned Tuesday.


Dirty stars make good solar system hosts (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Some stars are lonely behemoths, with no surrounding planets or asteroids, while others sport a skirt of attendant planetary bodies. New research published this week in The Astrophysical Journal Letters explains why the co ...



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