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Physicists tweak quantum force, reducing barrier to tiny devices
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Cymbals don't clash of their own accord – in our world, anyway. But the quantum world is bizarrely different. Two metal plates, placed almost infinitesimally close together, spontaneously attract each other.
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Artificial Leaves Generate Power by Pumping Water
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Natural leaves constantly lose water through evaporation, as the water in their veins is pumped up to the top of the tree. This process, called transpiration, could also create a mechanical ...
Helicopters with Fuel Cells
Jun 06, 2008 |
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The old saying that "there is strength in numbers" also applies to fuel cells. To deliver a high enough power output, a number of cells have to be connected in series. Manufacturers normally stack the fuel ...
How did life on Earth originate?
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Did life arrive from space? Rather than developing here, could the first life forms have been catapulted to Earth on a chunk of rock from outer space? Investigations show that microbes are capable of surviving ...
Drought threatens Indian artifacts
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Dec 20, 2007 |
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North Carolina officials warned that taking advantage of the drought to look for American-Indian artifacts on lake bottoms is against the law.
Kilo of metal found in Peruvian's stomach: surgeon
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Doctors in northern Peru have removed almost a kilogram of nails, coins and scrap metal from a man's stomach, a surgeon that operated on him said Wednesday.
Building a stellar time machine
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers are building a celestial time machine that lets astronomers look back at hundreds of thousands of objects in the Earth’s skies over the past century.
Keeping the heat down
Apr 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic products are having to accommodate more and more components, all of which generate heat. Too much heat could put laptops and other devices out of action, so manufacturers equip ...
Forces out of nothing
Jan 10, 2008 |
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When a machine jams, it’s the fault of the engineer - or of physics. The latter is true at least for the first simple nanomachines which are slowed down by the Casimir effect. This force only works on the ...
Physicist demonstrates how light can be used to remotely operate micromachines
Jun 18, 2007 |
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A research team led by Umar Mohideen, a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has demonstrated in the laboratory that the Casimir force – the small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged ...
Physicist demonstrates how light can be used to remotely operate micromachines
May 31, 2007 |
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A research team led by Umar Mohideen, a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has demonstrated in the laboratory that the Casimir force – the small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged ...
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