Superfluid-superconductor relationship is detailed August 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Scientists have studied superconductors and superfluids for decades. Now, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have drawn the first detailed picture of the way a superfluid influences the behavior of a superconductor. ... | |
 Siemens builds a lock made of light: Data transfer using quantum cryptography August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic communication is becoming more secure all over the world. Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Austrian Research Centers (ARC) and Graz University of Technology have joined forces ... | |
 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 ... | |
Hitachi Shows Technical Feasibility Of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording At 610 Gbit/in2 August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Hitachi, Ltd. announced today that it has demonstrated the technical feasibility of magnetic recording at 610 Gbit/in2. This considerably exceeds the previously demonstrated capabilities of current perpendicular recording ... | |
 The brightest, sharpest, fastest X-ray holograms yet August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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The pinhole camera, a technique known since ancient times, has inspired a futuristic technology for lensless, three-dimensional imaging. Working at both the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the U.S. Department ... | |
China becomes a physics powerhouse August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Judged by the astonishing increase in journal papers written by scientists in China, there can be little doubt that China is finding its place as one of the world's scientific power houses. Michael Banks, Physics World's ... | |
 Researchers analyze material with 'colossal ionic conductivity' July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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A new material characterized at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells. | |
 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 ... | |
Scientists Shed Light on Heavy Electrons, Suggest New View of Superconductivity July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of California, Irvine, and the University of California, Davis have proposed a new characterization for the bizarre behavior of certain super-cooled ... | |
New technique to compress light could open doors for optical communications July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have devised a way to squeeze light into tighter spaces than ever thought possible, potentially opening doors to new technology in the fields of optical ... | |
 Prelude to the Higgs: A work for 2 bosons in the key of Z July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the US Department of Energy's Fermilab have announced the observation of pairs of Z bosons, force-carrying particles produced in proton-antiproton collisions at the ... | |
 Scientists determine strength of 'liquid smoke' with 3D images July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have created a 3D image of a material referred to as "liquid smoke." Aerogel, also known as liquid smoke or "San Francisco fog," is an open-cell polymer with pores smaller than ... | |
 Scientists find quick method to make magnets July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultra-strong, high-temperature, high-performance permanent magnet compounds, such as Samarium Cobalt, are the mainstay materials for several industries that rely on high-performance motor ... | |
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 ... | |
 Physicists Explain Why Liquid Optical Fibers Don't Collapse July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For several years, physicists have known that liquid columns can be used to guide light. By trapping a light beam, a liquid column can act like an optical fiber, but with a liquid sheathing ... | |
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