New Speed Record for Magnetic Memories August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment carried out at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has realized spin torque switching of a nanomagnet as fast as the fundamental speed limit allows. Using this so-called ballistic ... | |
Innovative research brings quantum computers one step closer August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Complex computer encryption codes could be solved and new drug design developed significantly faster thanks to new research carried out by the University of Surrey. | |
 Viterbi Algorithm goes quantum July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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The Viterbi Algorithm, the elegant 41-year-old logical tool for rapidly eliminating dead end possibilities in data transmission, has a new application to go alongside its ubiquitous daily use in cell phone ... | |
Forum features update on next-generation particle accelerator August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The particle accelerator known as the Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) -- now in planning stages at Cornell -- would open doors to new research in fields from materials science to biochemistry, said Georg Hoffstaetter in a lecture ... | |
 'Single-Crystal' Superconductors are a Big Step for the Field 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In key advances for the field of superconductivity, a research group has created versions of a class of widely studied superconducting compounds that are each one continuous crystal, rather ... | |
 Olympic Swimmers Shattering Records in NASA-Tested Suit August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Swimmers from around the world are setting world and Olympic records in Beijing this month and most are doing it wearing a swimsuit made of fabric tested at NASA. | |
Vegas 'Quantum Spookshow' Demos On-the-Fly Encryption of Streaming Video August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Las Vegas shows often are on the cutting edge. Following this tradition, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have landed ... | |
 Skipping Atomic-scale Stones to Study Some Chemistry Basics August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Thought experiment: a carbon dioxide molecule—think of a cheerleader’s baton—comes slanting in at high speed over a dense liquid, strikes the surface and ricochets. How does it tumble? Fast or slow? Forward, ... | |
 Size-specific cracking shakes out at the nanoscale August 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain sizes of nanostructures may be more susceptible to failure by fracture than others. That is the result of new research by LLNL's Michael Manley and colleagues from Los Alamos National ... | |
Killer pulses help characterize special surfaces July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Detecting deadly fumes in subways, toxic gases in chemical spills, and hidden explosives in baggage is becoming easier and more efficient with a measurement technique called surface-enhanced Raman scattering. To further improve ... | |
Magnetism and Superconductivity Observed to Exist in Harmony 9 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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(Physorg.com) -- Physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, along with colleagues at institutions in Switzerland and Canada, have observed, for the first time in a single exotic phase, a situation where magnetism and superconductivity ... | |
 New Technique Reveals Hidden Properties of Ultracold Atomic Gases August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have demonstrated a powerful new technique that reveals ... | |
First neutrons created at the ISIS Second Target Station August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The UK's ISIS Second Target Station Project moved a major step closer to completion today when the first neutrons were created in the ISIS Second Target Station. After five years of planning and construction, the first neutrons ... | |
If you can't measure the heat... July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Accurate measurement of thermal performance is crucial if new government legislation aimed at producing dramatic reductions in CO2 emissions is to be successful. The UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is offering ... | |
 The hunt for the Higgs steps up a gear 10 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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The hunt for the Higgs boson, the most highly sought-after particle in physics, received a boost this month with the release of two new results from the Tevatron particle collider at the US Department of Energy's ... | |
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