Coastlines could be protected by 'invisibility cloak' October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences. | |
 Sensing the Energy: Calibrating the LCLS October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The Linac Coherent Light Source will generate X-rays 10 billion times brighter than any source before it. Being the first of its kind, the LCLS has presented engineers with a number of unique technical hurdles. ... | |
 The search for 'green' gold in the Amazon rain forest October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a hunt for plants in the Amazon rain forest that have potential to be used for sustainable light-weight construction beams, electronic cases or other high-performance materials, Cornell ... | |
Researchers develop world's fastest bar code reader September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on a series of recent breakthroughs in ultrafast analog-to-digital conversion, UCLA engineers have designed a bar code reader that is nearly a thousand times faster than any device currently in use. | |
 Micro honeycomb materials enable new physics in aircraft sound reduction September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Noise from commercial and military jet aircraft causes environmental problems for communities near airports, obliging airplanes to follow often complex noise-abatement procedures on takeoff and landing. It ... | |
 CERN rivals see melting magnets as par for course September 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The daring success of the world's largest atom smasher on its opening day was more surprising to many scientists than the troubles it subsequently developed. | |
 Physicists Find that Size Matters When Initiating an Object's Movement Through Grains September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A team of Penn State physicists has discovered that the size of grains, such as sand, above a buried object is important in determining the force required to begin raising the object. No one, until now, has ... | |
 CERN sticks to opening gala despite atom-smasher troubles September 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Europe's leading physicists will swap their lab coats for their best suits next month for the official inauguration of a multi-billion dollar machine designed to shed light on the "Big Bang". | |
 Tsunami Invisibility Cloak September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Rather than building stronger ocean-based structures to withstand tsunamis, it might be easier to simply make the structures disappear. | |
Dark Energy v. The Void: What if Copernicus was Wrong? September 26, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 100 vote(s)
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Dark energy is at the heart of one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics, but it may be nothing more than an illusion, according physicists at Oxford University. The problem facing astrophysicists is that they have ... | |
 Mars magnetic field mystery explained September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- So much attention has been paid to the similarities and differences between Earth and Mars that we often look to the ancient red planet for signposts in our own planet's future. A U of T physicist, ... | |
Quantum leap in hi-tech performance September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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For years, physicists have been heralding the revolutionary potential of using quantum mechanics to build a new generation of supercomputers, unbreakable codes, and ultra-fast and secure communication networks.
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 New research could lead to practical uses for metal-organic frameworks September 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National laboratory are putting the pressure on metal-organic frameworks (MOF). | |
When Lightning Strikes, Spark Branches Reconnect September 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Bolts of lightning often resemble the forked, branches of trees. Similar to tree branches, lightning sparks typically spread apart. Recently, physicists at Centrum voor Wiskunde un Informatica and Eindhoven University of ... | |
 Melting ice under pressure September 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The deep interior of Neptune, Uranus and Earth may contain some solid ice.
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