 Oxygen Ions for Fuel Cells Get Loose at Low Temperatures June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Seeking to understand a new fuel cell material, a research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the University of Liverpool, has uncovered a novel ... | |
 Scientists discover that protons partner with neutrons more often than with other protons June 18, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Fast-moving protons are much more likely to pair up with fast-moving neutrons than with other protons in the nuclei of atoms, according to a recent experiment performed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ... | |
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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
 A Test of the Copernican Principle May 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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The Copernican principle states that the Earth is not the center of the universe, and that, as observers, we don’t occupy a special place. First stated by Copernicus in the 16th century, today the idea is ... | |
Laser fluorescence could find life on Mars June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A team of scientists from the United States and the United Kingdom has developed a technique using ultraviolet light to identify organic matter in soils that they say could be used to document the existence of life on Mars. | |
 Toy-Like Microboat Could Carry Tiny Cargoes May 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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As a child, Cheng Luo, an engineer from the University of Texas at Arlington, recalls playing with wooden toy boats that were propelled forward when a drop of oil was placed on the back of the boats. When ... | |
 A Smarter Way to Grow Graphene May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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Graphene, a sheet of carbon just one atom thick, has many potential uses in the electronics industry, but producing these ideal two-dimensional carbon sheets is very difficult and, as a result, their use has ... | |
 Physicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion May 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 273 vote(s)
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To many people, cold fusion sounds too good to be true. The idea is that, by creating nuclear fusion at room temperature, researchers can generate a nearly unlimited source of power that uses water as fuel ... | |
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 ... | |
Is quantum Internet search on the way? May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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In classical computing, random access memory (RAM) is needed to make things “work.” But it is subject to a certain level of energy loss. But what if you could create low-energy quantum access memory (QRAM) that would not ... | |
Precise Alignment to Quantum Dots May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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“Precise lithographic alignment to site-controlled quantum dots is of major importance for numerous nano-photonic, nano-electronic and nano-spintronic devices,” Sven Höfling tells PhysOrg.com. | |
 Researchers Observe Hydrogen-Bond Exchange May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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Hydrogen bonds are quite small, on the level of a few angstroms. They can also be passed between two different molecules very quickly, at speeds of tens of times per second. But in spite of these properties, ... | |
 Dark Energy and Dark Matter – The Results of Flawed Physics? September 11, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 229 vote(s)
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There are few scientific concepts as intriguing and mysterious as dark energy and dark matter, said to make up as much as 95 percent of all the energy and matter in the universe. And even though scientists ... | |
 The Physics of Friendship March 10, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 156 vote(s)
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By comparing people to mobile particles randomly bouncing off each other, scientists have developed a new model for social networks. The model fits with empirical data to naturally reproduce the community ... | |
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