 Surprising graphene: Honing in on graphene electronics with infrared synchrotron radiation June 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Graphene is the two-dimensional crystalline form of carbon: a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in hexagons, like a sheet of chicken wire with an atom at each nexus. As free-standing objects, such two-dimensional ... | |
 A 'supra' new kind of froth June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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To see the latest science of type-I superconductors, look no further than the froth on a morning cup of cappuccino. A team of U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory physicists and collaborating students ... | |
A glass apart June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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British scientists are developing a new type of glass that can dissolve and release calcium into the body. This will enable patients to regrow bones and could signal a move away from bone transplants. | |
Europe gets together to harness quantum physics June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The long cherished goal of applying the strange properties of quantum mechanics to the macroscopic world we inhabit has been brought closer by a series of recent developments. The exciting progress was made in the important ... | |
 'Squeezed' Light May Improve Gravitational Wave Detectors June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 54 vote(s)
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A research collaboration has taken steps toward improving the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors, devices designed to measure distance changes as minute as one-thousandth the diameter of a proton. ... | |
New superconductors present new mysteries, possibilities June 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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Johns Hopkins University researchers and colleagues in China have unlocked some of the secrets of newly discovered iron-based high-temperature superconductors, research that could result in the design of better superconductors ... | |
 New Metamaterial a 'Perfect' Absorber of Light June 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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A team of scientists from Boston College and Duke University has developed a highly-engineered metamaterial capable of absorbing all of the light that strikes it – to a scientific standard of perfection – ... | |
 Novel 'noise thermometry' may help redefine international unit of temperature June 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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After seven years of work, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built a system that relies on the "noise" of jiggling electrons as a basis for measuring temperatures with ... | |
Terahertz laser source at room temperature June 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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“There is a growing interest in utilizing terahertz radiation, or T-rays, for a variety of applications,” Mikhail Belkin, a scientist at Harvard University, tells PhysOrg.com. “The terahertz region is a part of the ... | |
Finding out what the Big Bang and ink jets have in common June 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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It often turns out there is more to commonplace everyday events than meets the eye. The folding of paper, or fall of water droplets from a tap, are two such events, both of which involve the creation of singularities requiring ... | |
Scientists find new 'quasiparticles' June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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Weizmann Institute physicists have demonstrated, for the first time, the existence of 'quasiparticles' with one quarter the charge of an electron. This finding could be a first step toward creating exotic types of quantum ... | |
Physicists determine density limit for randomly packed spherical materials June 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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The problem of how many identical-sized spheres can be randomly packed into a container has challenged mathematicians for centuries. A team of physicists at The City College of New York (CCNY) has come up with a solution ... | |
Scientists show quantum systems could flout physics law June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Scientists in the Weizmann Institute's Faculty of Chemistry, together with colleagues in Germany, have made a startling prediction: Simply 'taking the temperature' of certain quantum systems at frequent intervals might cause ... | |
Synergy between biology and physics drives cell-imaging technology June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Developing techniques to image the complex biological systems found at the sub-cellular level has traditionally been hampered by divisions between the academic fields of biology and physics. However, a new interdisciplinary ... | |
Evidence of a Bose glass state? May 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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"In nano-sized systems many physical properties are greatly altered from those of macroscopic-sized systems. Therefore, study of nano-sized systems, in general, is very important in developing fundamental physics," Keiya ... | |
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