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Synthesis with a template: Carbon-free fullerene analogue

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Manfred Scheer at the University of Regensburg has now synthesized the first example of an inorganic, carbon-free C80 analogue.





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Mobile metal atoms

Chemistry /

created Jan 03, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Mobile phones, notebook computers, iPods—the boom in portable computing and communications devices is dependent on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to deliver power. These batteries offer the highest energy density, allow ...


Small increases in phosphorus mean higher risk of heart disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Higher levels of phosphorus in the blood are linked to increased calcification of the coronary arteries— a key marker of heart disease risk, according to a study in an upcoming issue of Clinical Journal of the American So ...


Mobile Metal Atoms: New class of lithium-rich solids with unusually high lithium mobility

Chemistry /

created Dec 28, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (42) | comments 0

Mobile phones, notebook computers, iPods—the boom in portable computing and communications devices is dependent on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries to deliver power.


Mystery solved: Marine microbe is source of rare nutrient

Mystery Solved: Marine Microbe Is Source of Rare Nutrient

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (23) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of microscopic marine microbes, called phytoplankton, by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of South Carolina has solved a ten-year-old ...


A Quantum (Computer) Step: Study Shows It's Feasible to Read Data Stored as Nuclear 'Spins'

A Quantum (Computer) Step: Study Shows It's Feasible to Read Data Stored as Nuclear 'Spins'

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 19, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (65) | comments 0

A University of Utah physicist took a step toward developing a superfast computer based on the weird reality of quantum physics by showing it is feasible to read data stored in the form of the magnetic "spins" ...


Single-atom transistor discovered

Scientists build 'single-atom transistor'

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (33) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), University of New South Wales (Australia), and University of Melbourne (Australia) have succeeded in building a working transistor, ...


Researchers explain nitrogen paradox in forests

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Nitrogen is essential to all life on Earth, and the processes by which it cycles through the environment may determine how ecosystems respond to global warming. But certain aspects of the nitrogen cycle in temperate and tropical ...


Silicon with afterburners: Process developed at Rice could be boon to electronics manufacturer

Silicon with afterburners: New process could be boon to electronics manufacturer

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Scientists at Rice University and North Carolina State University have found a method of attaching molecules to semiconducting silicon that may help manufacturers reach beyond the current limits of Moore's ...


Airborne nitrogen shifts aquatic nutrient limitation in pristine lakes

Airborne nitrogen shifts aquatic nutrient limitation in pristine lakes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

The impact of airborne nitrogen released from the burning of fossil fuels and wide-spread use of fertilizers in agriculture is much greater that previously recognized and even extends to remote alpine lakes, ...


Super cool atom thermometer

Super cool atom thermometer

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As physicists strive to cool atoms down to ever more frigid temperatures, they face the daunting task of developing new, reliable ways of measuring these extreme lows. Now a team of physicists has devised ...



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