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Touchable Hologram Becomes Reality (w/ Video)
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed 3D holograms that can be touched with bare hands. Generally, holograms can't be felt because they're made only of light. But the new ...
Physicists Scrutinize Antimatter in Angels & Demons
May 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Could the Vatican really be destroyed by antimatter stolen from a CERN laboratory? The scheme might work in the plot of Angels & Demons, the most recent Hollywood thriller based on a book ...
Wolfram Alpha 'Knowledge Engine' is Like a Modern Farmer's Almanac
May 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, there's a lot of hype and skepticism surrounding the latest "Google rival," a so-called search engine named Wolfram Alpha. In the near future, anyone with Internet access will be ...
Salt Water System Could Generate Hydrogen
Mar 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea of generating hydrogen from salt water has often been claimed to work effectively. However, the systems proposed so far generally require a much greater energy input than the energy ...
Wolfram Alpha Could Answer Questions that Google Can't
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new search engine described as an "electronic brain" could make searching the Internet more intelligent. Called Wolfram Alpha, the search engine computes its own answers rather than looking ...
Scientists Develop First Chip-Scale Thermoelectric Cooler
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As computer chips become more powerful, they also become hotter. Nearly all the power that flows into a chip comes out of it as waste heat, and that heat hurts the performance of the chip. ...
Physicists working up from atoms to Schrodinger's cat
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Schrodinger's cat, a macroscopic object that is both alive and dead at the same time, illustrates the strangeness of quantum mechanics. While such quantum properties have been widely observed for electrons ...
Long, Stretchy Carbon Nanotubes Could Make Space Elevators Possible
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Cambridge University have developed a light, flexible, and strong type of carbon nanotube material that may bring space elevators closer to reality. Motivated by a $4 million ...
Cyclogyro Flying Robot Improves its Angles of Attack
Jan 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past few decades, researchers have been investigating a variety of flying machines. Most studies have focused on improving the flying performance of standard flying mechanisms, rather ...
Why Men Rank Higher than Women at Chess (It's Not Biological)
Jan 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the recorded history of chess, world champions have always been male, not female. Further, there is currently only one woman in the top 100 chess players in the world. Because chess is ...
Scientists Propose Thermal Memory to Store Data
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Most computers today store memory electronically, by maintaining a certain voltage. In contrast, a new kind of memory that stores data thermally, by maintaining temperature, is being investigated by researchers Lei Wang of ...
Sharp Unveils Solar-Powered TV
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 04, 2008 |
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For the 1.6 billion people living in areas without utility-supplied electricity, Sharp has designed a TV that can get 100% of its power from the sun. The company plans to exhibit the 26-inch LCD prototype ...
Chocolate rich in flavanols may protect the skin from UV
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has discovered for the first time that dark chocolate rich in flavanols may provide significant protection from the harmful effects of ultraviolet light.
Metal-Air Battery Could Store 11 Times More Energy than Lithium-Ion
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A spinoff company from Arizona State University plans to build a new battery with an energy density 11 times greater than that of lithium-ion batteries for just one-third the cost. With a ...
Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first orbiting space hotel is on track to open for its first customers in 2012, but hurry, as bookings are filling fast.
