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Nanoscale carbon materials research wins the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dr. Phaedon Avouris of IBM and Professor Tony Heinz of Columbia University were presented with the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics on 27 September 2008 during a day-long forum at Harvard University, attended ...


Carbon nanostructures form the future of electronics and optoelectronics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 23, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Phaedon Avouris and Tony Heinz for their pioneering work on the electrical and optical properties of nanoscale carbon materials including carbon nanotubes ...





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University of Utah celebrates telescope's 'first light'

University of Utah celebrates telescope's 'first light'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Utah will celebrate the initial observations or "first light" of its new $860,000 research telescope in southwest Utah during a Wednesday, Nov. 11 symposium and reception ...


Unique infrared technique finds applications in nanoscience

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 12, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry has chosen the Austrian chemist Thomas Lummerstorfer (31) as the recipient of its Best Paper Award 2007. Lummerstorfer’s paper “Monolayers at solid-solid interf ...


Molecular decay of enamel-specific gene in toothless mammals supports theory of evolution

Molecular Decay of Enamel-Specific Gene in Toothless Mammals Supports Theory of Evolution

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 42

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists at the University of California, Riverside report new evidence for evolutionary change recorded in both the fossil record and the genomes (or genetic blueprints) of living organisms, ...


Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2006 goes to Viola Vogel for pioneering work in bionanotechnology

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created Apr 11, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Dr. Viola Vogel for her creative and pioneering work on bionanotechnology exploring single molecule mechanics and nanomotors for technical applications. ...


Overcoming the limits of resolution

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 12, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to the Göttingen-based researcher Stefan Hell for his revolutionary discovery that resolutions far below the diffraction limit can be achieved in a fluorescence ...


Men's masculinity beliefs are a barrier to preventative health care

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative healthcare services, according to a study—the first population-based analysis of men's masculinity beliefs ...


New hope for the red squirrel

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created Oct 16, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A number of red squirrels are immune to squirrelpox viral disease, which many believed would lead to the extinction of the species, scientists have discovered.


Brian May, guitarist for rock band Queen, completes Ph.D. thesis following 30-year hiatus

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 31, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 0

Brian May, the guitarist and founding member of the legendary rock band Queen, earned his PhD in astronomy last year from Imperial College London. His PhD thesis A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud has ju ...


The benefits of stress ... in plants

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chronic stress in humans has been implicated in heart disease, weight gain, and diabetes, among a host of other health problems. Extreme environments, a source of chronic stress, present a challenge even for the hardiest ...


Mapmaking for the masses

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Sites such as Wikimapia and OpenStreetMap are empowering citizens to create a global patchwork of geographic information while Google Earth is encouraging individuals to develop appplications using their own data.



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