Looking for the quantum properties of the Big Bang June 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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“General relativity doesn’t recognize quantum physics,” Martin Bojowald tells PhysOrg.com. And that, he insists, causes problems when it comes to understanding the evolution of the universe from the Big Bang: “You ... | |
Nuisance noise silenced by an acoustic cloak June 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Researchers in Spain have proven that metamaterials, materials defined by their unusual man-made cellular structure, can be designed to produce an acoustic cloak - a cloak that can make objects impervious to sound waves, ... | |
 Physicists produce quantum-entangled images June 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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Using a convenient and flexible method for creating twin light beams, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University ... | |
 Study Finds New Properties in Non-Magnetic Materials June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A team of Penn State researchers has shown for the first time that the entire class of non-magnetic materials, such as those used in some computer components, could have considerably more uses than scientists ... | |
 Can you hear black holes collide? June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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A team of gravitational-wave researchers from four universities has been selected to exhibit at the prestigious Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. | |
Low-Level Plutonium Sample Involved in NIST-Boulder Lab Incident June 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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On Monday afternoon, June 9, researchers in a laboratory room at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colorado discovered that a vial holding about 1/4 of a gram ... | |
Researchers untangle quantum quirk June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Quantum computing has been hailed as the next leap forward for computers, promising to catapult memory capacity and processing speeds well beyond current limits. Several challenging problems need to be cracked, however, before ... | |
 Researchers develop a worldwide tourism network June 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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It wasn't too long ago in human history that people rarely, if ever, traveled beyond the village they were born in. We've come a long way since then: according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), international ... | |
 Testing, Radiation Testing: Northwestern Transistors On Space Station June 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Transistors based on a new kind of material created by Northwestern University researchers have been lifted into outer space on the space shuttle Endeavour and attached to the outside of the International ... | |
Industrial dye holds the key to advancing spintronics June 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Commonly used industrial dyes hold the key to advancing the new science of 'spintronics', say researchers working on a new a £2.5 million study. | |
 Researchers develop better X-ray nanomirrors June 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A new way of bending X-ray beams developed by MIT researchers could lead to greatly improved space telescopes, as well as new tools for biology and for the manufacture of semiconductor chips. | |
 Liquid Crystals Slow Light Pulses to a Snail's Pace June 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 91 vote(s)
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In a vacuum, the speed of a light pulse is always a constant at 186,000 miles (300,000 km) per second. But by changing the medium through which light travels, physicists can slow down light pulses, and possibly ... | |
 Brightest X-ray Vision at the Nano-scale June 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Technology-development studies at Cornell University and Jefferson Laboratory are showing how to use the brightest X-ray light ever generated for the scientific examination of everything from human proteins ... | |
 New research shows how marine organisms help oceans sequester carbon June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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As the international search for ways to remove carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the environment intensifies, a team of scientists has identified a process by which marine organisms influence ... | |
Can silver nanoparticles be the key to a more compact laser? June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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“In random media, multiple scattering and interference reduce the diffusion of light, and in case of extremely strong scattering, photon localization, or Anderson localization of light, is predicted like electrons in glasses,” ... | |
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