News tagged with kinetic theory

New molecular force probe stretches molecules, atom by atom

Chemists at the University of Illinois have created a simple and inexpensive molecular technique that replaces an expensive atomic force microscope for studying what happens to small molecules when they are stretched or compressed.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5




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Team models ionic conductivity in doped ceria for use as a fuel cell electrolyte

(PhysOrg.com) -- Optimizing the conductivity of ceria based oxides, or doped ceria, is crucial to their use as electrolytes in future solid oxide fuel cells.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists create light from vacuum

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in creating light from vacuum – observing an effect first predicted over 40 years ago. The results will be published tomorrow ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (74) | comments 105 | with audio podcast

Why solar wind is rhombic-shaped?

Why the temperatures in the solar wind are almost the same in certain directions, and why different energy densities are practically identical, was until now not clear.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Every way devised to deflect an asteroid

With asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close by Earth yesterday, this rather unsettlingly near flyby has many people wondering if we would be able to divert an asteroid that was heading for an intersection with Earth ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 15

World's smallest four-wheel-drive is a billionth of a meter (Update)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Reduced to the max: the emission-free, noiseless 4-wheel drive car, jointly developed by Empa researchers and their Dutch colleagues, represents lightweight construction at its most extreme. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Shedding new light on supernova mystery

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have a new theory on the mysterious mechanism that causes the explosion of massive, or core, stars. These ‘Type II supernovae’, the term given to exploding core stars, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

How biological capsules respond under stress

Cosmetics and pharmaceutical drug delivery systems could be improved thanks to a new method developed to precisely measure the capability of capsule-like biological membranes to change shape under external stress. This work ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeing clearly: 2D nanoscopy achieves direct imaging of nanoscale coherence

(PhysOrg.com) -- Light has its limitations – in this case not velocity, but rather its diffraction limit, which determines the spatial interaction volume in all implementations of optical spectroscopy ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

A microscopic view on quantum fluctuations

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics achieve direct imaging of quantum fluctuations at absolute zero temperature.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Insoluble dust particles can form cloud droplets affecting global and regional climates

New information on the role of insoluble dust particles in forming cloud droplets could improve the accuracy of regional climate models, especially in areas of the world that have significant amounts of mineral ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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