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Are We in the Peak of an Oil Bubble?

July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 118 vote(s) | User comments: 27

Since 2003, worldwide oil prices have quadrupled. According to a new study, the price of oil is rising at a faster-than-exponential rate, and cannot be sustained. In other words, we’re in the midst of an oil ...


Qubits and Branes Share Surprising Features

July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 91 vote(s) | User comments: 7

What do black holes and entangled particles have in common? Until about a year ago, physicists thought that the two entities existed in completely separate worlds. Then, in 2007, physicist Michael Duff from ...


Some fundamental interactions of matter found to be fundamentally different than thought

July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 55 vote(s) | User comments: 3

Collisions have consequences. Everyone knows that. Whether it's between trains, planes, automobiles or atoms, there are always repercussions. But while macroscale collisions may have the most obvious effects - mangled steel, ...


Atomic Tug of War

July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 35 vote(s) | User comments: 5

A new form of energy-transfer, reported today in Nature (3 July 2008) may have implications for the study of reactions going on in the atmosphere, and even for those occurring in the body.


New logic: the attraction of magnetic computation

July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | User comments: 1

European researchers are the first to demonstrate functional components that exploit the magnetic properties of electrons to perform logic operations. Compatible with existing microtechnology, the new approach ...


Einstein was right: Unique stellar system provides 'laboratory' for testing relativity

July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 70 vote(s) | User comments: 3

Researchers at McGill University's Department of Physics – along with colleagues from several countries – have confirmed a long-held prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, via observations ...


A front-row seat at this summer's physics extravaganza

July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 30 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Nearly 20 years in the making, the largest particle accelerator in the world will start running in Switzerland this summer, offering scientists a glimpse of particles that have never been seen before.


Australia joins push for open access to particle physics

July 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Australia has joined SCOAP3, an international consortium that aims to provide free access to major particle physics journals world-wide. Six of the Group of Eight universities in Australia have agreed to participate in the ...