A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles 12 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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Many people marvel that we live in a universe that seems to be precisely tailored to suit the development of intelligent life. The observation is the basis for some forms of "Anthropic Principles" that strive to explain why ... | |
Snakes Hear in Stereo 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Physicists from the University Munich in Germany and the University of Topeka, Kansas have strong new evidence that snakes can hear through their jaws. Snakes don't have outer ears, leading to the myth that they can't hear ... | |
 Rochester's Omega Laser Receives 50-Fold Power Increase to Become 'Petawatt' Laser 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The University of Rochester will mark another important step in the effort toward attaining sustainable fusion, the ultimate source of clean energy, Friday, May 16. | |
 First measurement of entangled states in nitrogen May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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When atoms form molecules, they share their outer electrons and this creates a negatively charged cloud. Here, electrons buzz around between the two positively charged nuclei, making it impossible to tell ... | |
New efficiency record for solar cells May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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Physicist Bram Hoex and colleagues at Eindhoven University of Technology, together with the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, have improved the efficiency of an important type of solar cell from 21.9 to 23.2 percent (a relative ... | |
 Physicists Demonstrate How Information Can Escape From Black Holes May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 80 vote(s)
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Physicists at Penn State have provided a mechanism by which information can be recovered from black holes, those regions of space where gravity is so strong that, according to Einstein's theory of general ... | |
Finding the right soliton for future networks May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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European researchers say their study of self-sustaining solitary light wave packets could result in a new generation of computers and optical telecommunications networks. Using light rather than electronic or magnetic devices ... | |
Slowing light to speed data: USC Viterbi School wins $4.3M photonics IT contract May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Two prize-winning USC specialists hope to break a bottleneck that has long limited communication systems from using light - photons - instead of electronics for data information processing. | |
 A Smarter Way to Grow Graphene May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Graphene, a sheet of carbon just one atom thick, has many potential uses in the electronics industry, but producing these ideal two-dimensional carbon sheets is very difficult and, as a result, their use has ... | |
Argonne scientists use lasers to align molecules May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Protein crystallographers have only scratched the surface of the human proteins important for drug interactions because of difficulties crystallizing the molecules for synchrotron x-ray diffraction. | |
Black holes not black after all May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 54 vote(s)
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International scientists have used flowing water to simulate a black hole, testing Stephen Hawking's theory that black holes are not black after all. | |
Precise Alignment to Quantum Dots May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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“Precise lithographic alignment to site-controlled quantum dots is of major importance for numerous nano-photonic, nano-electronic and nano-spintronic devices,” Sven Höfling tells PhysOrg.com. | |
 Quantum computers take step toward practicality with demonstration of new device May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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Computers based on the powerful properties of quantum mechanics have the potential to revolutionize information technology and security, but for decades they have remained more theoretical than practical, ... | |
Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier May 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Designer labels have a lot of cachet -- a principle that’s equally true in fashion and physics. The future of nuclear physics is in designer isotopes -- the relatively new power scientists have to make specific rare isotopes ... | |
 New technique measures ultrashort laser pulses at focus May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Lasers that emit ultrashort pulses of light are used for numerous applications including micromachining, microscopy, laser eye surgery, spectroscopy and controlling chemical reactions. But the quality of the ... | |
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