Cosmic strings might emit cosmic sparks, answer cosmological questions October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For astronomers, understanding what happened in the early moments of the universe could answer many questions in physics and astronomy. One possible player in the early universe is cosmic strings, which arise ... | |
 Broken symmetry: Answering the solace of quantum October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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Humans like the comfort of symmetry -- the identical image in the mirror, the matching wings of the baroque mansion, the equal numbers in opposing football teams. | |
 Scientists create superconducting thin films October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One major goal on the path toward making useful superconducting devices has been engineering materials that act as superconductors at the nanoscale -- the realm of billionths of a meter. Such ... | |
 New spintronics effect could lead to magnetic batteries October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 74 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have recently discovered that heating one side of a magnetized nickel-iron rod causes electrons to rearrange themselves according to their spins. This so-called "spin Seebeck effect" ... | |
 Fuzziness on the road to physics' grand unification theory October 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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Leave it to hypothesized gravity to weigh down what physicists have thought for 30 years. If theoretical physicists, led by the University of Oregon's Stephen Hsu, are right, the idea that nature's forces ... | |
 World first for sending data using quantum cryptography October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time the transmission of data secured by quantum cryptography is demonstrated within a commercial telecommunications network. 41 partners from 12 European countries, including ... | |
 Long-Lasting Quantum Memory Leads to Long-Distance Quantum Communication October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have taken a step closer to realizing long-distance quantum communication, in which a quantum state is transferred from one location to another by becoming entangled with a traveling ... | |
 Japanese duo, US scientist win Nobel for particle physics October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa of Japan and Yoichiro Nambu of the United States won the 2008 Nobel Physics Prize Tuesday for groundbreaking theoretical work in fundamental particles. | |
 Ripple effect: Water snails offer new propulsion possibilities October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A UC San Diego engineer has revealed a new mode of propulsion based on how water snails create ripples of slime to crawl upside down beneath the surface. | |
Dark matter, new planets could bring physics Nobel October 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- Scientists who have pursued dark matter, hunted for undiscovered planets and advanced nanotechnology were being touted Monday as candidates for the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics. | |
 Japan ready to host new 'Big-Bang' project October 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Boosted by its win of the 2008 Nobel Physics Prize, Japan said Wednesday it hoped to play host to a major international scientific organisation's new machine exposing the secrets of the cosmos. | |
Italian should have shared Nobel physics prize: colleagues October 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Top Italian physicists say their colleague Nicola Cabibbo should have shared the Nobel Physics Prize with the American and two Japanese scientists who won the 2008 honour, Italian media said Wednesday. | |
New invention that could change design of future memory storage devices October 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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A research team at Singapore A*STAR's Data Storage Institute (DSI) has invented a new phase change material that has the potential to change the design of future memory storage devices. | |
Researchers team up to probe iron-arsenic superconductors with new instrument October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are part of collaborative team that's used a brand new instrument at the DOE's Spallation Neutron Source to probe iron-arsenic compounds, the "hottest" new find ... | |
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