 Atom-smasher down for two months: CERN September 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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The world's largest atom-smasher has been shut down for two months following a helium leak, just ten days after it was switched on amid great fanfare to probe the secrets of the universe. | |
APS announces Physics, a new, free, online publication September 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Finding the best in physics now becomes easier with the formal launch of Physics, http://physics.aps.org/ a new, free, online publication from the American Physical Society. Physics will ... | |
 Scientists create world's thinnest balloon, just 1 atom thick September 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a lump of graphite, a piece of Scotch tape and a silicon wafer, Cornell researchers have created a balloonlike membrane that is just one atom thick -- but strong enough to contain gases ... | |
 A broadband single-photon source September 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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As science makes progress toward practical quantum computing, improved quantum cryptography and scalable quantum communications systems, single photon sources will become more important. Until now, though, ... | |
 CERN says atom-smasher back in operation September 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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The world's largest particle collider was running again Friday after an electrical fault forced it to stop just days after being launched to global fanfare, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) ... | |
 Girders Get the Green Light September 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The temperature is now stabilized at a mild 68 °F (20 °C), support pedestals are in place and aligned, the paint is dry and physicists are moving in. That's the scene in the Linac Coherent ... | |
 Scientists create first dense gas of ultracold 'polar' molecules September 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have applied their expertise in ultracold atoms and lasers to produce ... | |
Researchers meet major hydrogen milestone September 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory earlier this month reached a major milestone with the successful production of hydrogen through High-Temperature Electrolysis (HTE). | |
Checking people at airports -- with terahertz radiation September 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Within the last few years the number of transport checks – above all at airports – has been increased considerably. A worthwhile effort as, after all, it concerns the protection of passengers. Possibilities for new and safe ... | |
 Atom-smasher hit by electrical hitch September 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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The world's largest particle collider was stopped on Wednesday, a week after its startup, as a result of an electrical fault, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Thursday. | |
Error message! How mobile phones distort measurements September 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Nowadays we don't only take measurements with simple measuring devices, but also with whole measuring systems. These are very complex and are completely set up from their component parts at the point of use. Vehicle scales ... | |
 Improving our ability to peek inside molecules September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's not easy to see a single molecule inside a living cell. Nevertheless, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are helping to develop a new technique that will enable them ... | |
 A dark matter disk in our Galaxy September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 54 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists predict that our Galaxy, the Milky Way, contains a disk of ‘dark matter’. In a paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, astronomers ... | |
 Physicists hope to tie light beams in knots September 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 131 vote(s)
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Usually, light beams shine in a straight line, with the possible exception of light being bent by gravity. But scientists are now investigating how to make light beams into looped and knotted configurations. ... | |
 New Simulation Poised to Chart the Staggered, Scattered Cosmic Dawn September 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new simulation method recently developed by Stanford astrophysicist Marcelo Alvarez and Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship student Patrick Ho spurns complexity to make headway in ... | |
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