 More Evidence for a Revolutionary Theory of Water June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 138 vote(s)
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The traditional picture of how liquid water behaves on a molecular level is wrong, according to new experimental evidence collected by a collaboration of researchers from the Department of Energy's Stanford ... | |
 Are We in the Peak of an Oil Bubble? July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 118 vote(s)
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Since 2003, worldwide oil prices have quadrupled. According to a new study, the price of oil is rising at a faster-than-exponential rate, and cannot be sustained. In other words, we’re in the midst of an oil ... | |
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 ... | |
 World's Largest Quantum Bell Test Spans Three Swiss Towns June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 114 vote(s)
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In an attempt to rule out any kind of communication between entangled particles, physicists from the University of Geneva have sent two entangled photons traveling to different towns located 18 km apart – ... | |
 Einstein was right: Unique stellar system provides 'laboratory' for testing relativity July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 70 vote(s)
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Researchers at McGill University's Department of Physics – along with colleagues from several countries – have confirmed a long-held prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, via observations ... | |
 Qubits and Branes Share Surprising Features July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 91 vote(s)
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What do black holes and entangled particles have in common? Until about a year ago, physicists thought that the two entities existed in completely separate worlds. Then, in 2007, physicist Michael Duff from ... | |
 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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
Some fundamental interactions of matter found to be fundamentally different than thought July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Collisions have consequences. Everyone knows that. Whether it's between trains, planes, automobiles or atoms, there are always repercussions. But while macroscale collisions may have the most obvious effects - mangled steel, ... | |
Silicon photonic crystals key to optical cloaking June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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In computer simulations, the researchers have demonstrated an approximate cloaking effect created by concentric rings of silicon photonic crystals. The mathematical proof brings scientists a step closer to a practical solution ... | |
 Physicists create millimeter-sized 'Bohr atom' July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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Nearly a century after Danish physicist Niels Bohr offered his planet-like model of the hydrogen atom, a Rice University-led team of physicists has created giant, millimeter-sized atoms that resemble it more ... | |
 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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
A novel X-ray source could be brightest in the world June 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Oscillator projected to increase current brightness by millions of times
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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, ... | |
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