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Physicists make crystal/liquid interface visible for first time
Aug 11, 2009 |
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"Imagine you're a water molecule in a glass of ice water, and you're floating right on the boundary of the ice and the water," proposes Emory University physicist Eric Weeks. "So how do you know if you're ...
Simply Weird Stuff: Making Supersolids with Ultracold Gas Atoms
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland have proposed a recipe for turning ultracold “boson” atoms—the ingredients ...
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Transparent aluminium is 'new state of matter'
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science ...
Judge rules in Palin e-mail case
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A judge ruled Wednesday that the Alaska governor's office can use private e-mail accounts to conduct state business, as former Gov. Sarah Palin sometimes did.
Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to model origins of the unseen universe
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Understanding dark energy is the number one issue in explaining the universe, according to Salman Habib, of the Laboratory's Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology group.
Is the Milky Way doomed to be destroyed by galactic bombardment? Probably not
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As scientists attempt to learn more about how galaxies evolve, an open question has been whether collisions with our dwarf galactic neighbors will one day tear apart the disk of the Milky ...
Work begins on world's deepest underground lab
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Far below the Black Hills of South Dakota, crews are building the world's deepest underground science lab at a depth equivalent to more than six Empire State buildings - a place uniquely suited to ...
Faulty 'wiring' in the brain triggers onset of schizophrenia
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Oct 26, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), King's College London has discovered abnormalities in the white matter of the brain that seem to be critical for the timing of schizophrenia. The study, led ...
New physics theory prize names first recipient
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Pioneering theorist and Nobel laureate Philip W. Anderson has been named the first recipient of the Richard E. Prange Prize and Lectureship in Condensed Matter Theory and Related Areas. Anderson will receive a $10,000 honorarium ...
Athletes, spectators faced unprecedented air pollution at 2008 Olympic Games
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Particulate air pollution during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing constantly exceeded levels considered excessive by the World Health Organization, was far worse than other recent Olympic ...
Simulations Illuminate Universe's First Twin Stars (w/ Video)
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The earliest stars in the universe formed not only as individuals, but sometimes also as twins, according to a paper published today in Science Express. By creating robust simulations of the ...
Researcher uses 100,000 degree heat to study plasma
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Using one of the greatest sources of radiation energy created by man, University of Nevada, Reno researcher and faculty member Roberto Mancini is studying ultra-high temperature and non-equilibrium plasmas ...
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