Hot tips for the Big Bang September 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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As the world waits for the start of the biggest physics experiment ever undertaken, the Institute of Physics (IOP)’s Chief Executive has taken a punt on three hot tips for what will happen after switch-on of the Large Hadron ... | |
 An accurate speedometer for astronomy September 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Events on a cosmic scale are often barely discernable on Earth. This explains why astronomers are currently not able to prove directly that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate, nor can they ... | |
Climate: New spin on ocean's role September 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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New studies of the Southern Ocean are revealing previously unknown features of giant spinning eddies that have a profound influence on marine life and on the world's climate. | |
Hydrogen bonds: Scientists find new mechanism September 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Water’s unrivaled omnipresence and the crucial role it plays in life drives scientists’ to understand every detail of its unusual underlying properties on the microscopic scale. | |
Could Graphene Replace Semiconductors? September 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “People want a faster computer chip,” Philip Kim tells PhysOrg.com. “And it needs to be smaller. But in order to increase the speed of the chip, or to get it smaller, we are approaching a point where ... | |
 New concept for creating quantum states in many-body systems September 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the online edition of Nature Physics, theoretical physicists from the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) and the University of Innsbruck today are presenting ... | |
Physicists investigate how time moves forward September 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 152 vote(s)
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As humans, we have a very intuitive concept of time, and of the differences between the past, present, and future. But, as scientists Edward Feng of the University of California, Berkeley, and Gavin Crooks of the Lawrence ... | |
Michigan integral to world's largest physics experiment September 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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After 20 years of construction, a machine that could either verify or nullify the prevailing theory of particle physics is about to begin its mission. CERN's epic Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project currently involves 25 ... | |
LHC switch-on fears are completely unfounded: new research paper September 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report published on Friday, 5 September, provides the most comprehensive evidence available to confirm that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)'s switch-on, due on Wednesday next week, poses no threat to ... | |
 A fine-tooth comb to measure the accelerating universe September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Astronomical instruments needed to answer crucial questions, such as the search for Earth-like planets or the way the Universe expands, have come a step closer with the first demonstration at the telescope ... | |
 Team studies how new helium ion microscope measures up September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Just as test pilots push planes to explore their limits, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are probing the newest microscope technology to further improve measurement accuracy ... | |
Butterfly wings may help scientists better understand photonic crystals September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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As technology moves forward, many scientists are looking to nature to find inspiration for the development of advanced materials that can have a variety of practical applications. | |
 The ATLAS Pixel Detector September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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With the Large Hadron Collider start-up only weeks away, SLAC researchers working on the LHC are feeling the excitement. SLAC has been involved in designing and building the ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) ... | |
 Fermilab physicists discover 'doubly strange' particle September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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Physicists of the DZero experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a new particle made of three quarks, the Omega-sub-b (Ωb). The particle contains ... | |
 Putting the Squeeze on Nitrogen for High Energy Materials September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nitrogen atoms like to travel in pairs, hooked together by one of the strongest chemical bonds in nature. By subjecting nitrogen molecules to extreme temperatures and pressures scientists ... | |
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