Scientists find new 'quasiparticles' June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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Weizmann Institute physicists have demonstrated, for the first time, the existence of 'quasiparticles' with one quarter the charge of an electron. This finding could be a first step toward creating exotic types of quantum ... | |
Physicists determine density limit for randomly packed spherical materials June 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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The problem of how many identical-sized spheres can be randomly packed into a container has challenged mathematicians for centuries. A team of physicists at The City College of New York (CCNY) has come up with a solution ... | |
Scientists show quantum systems could flout physics law June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Scientists in the Weizmann Institute's Faculty of Chemistry, together with colleagues in Germany, have made a startling prediction: Simply 'taking the temperature' of certain quantum systems at frequent intervals might cause ... | |
Synergy between biology and physics drives cell-imaging technology June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Developing techniques to image the complex biological systems found at the sub-cellular level has traditionally been hampered by divisions between the academic fields of biology and physics. However, a new interdisciplinary ... | |
 How to make microwaves on a chip to replace X-rays for medical imaging and security May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Is microwave radiation the nondestructive imaging technology of the future? Microwaves with frequencies from a few hundred gigahertz (GHz) up to slightly over 1 terahertz (THz), penetrate just a short distance ... | |
 Protons Pair Up With Neutrons May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Research performed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in ... | |
 Two for One: New Design Enables More Cost-Effective Quantum Key Distribution May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a simpler and potentially lower-cost method for distributing strings of digits, or “keys,” for use in quantum cryptography, ... | |
Physicists Don't Flip Spin but Find Possible Electron Switch May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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University of Oregon researchers trying to flip the spin of electrons with laser bursts lasting picoseconds (a trillionth of a second) instead found a way to manipulate and control the spin -- knowledge that may prove useful ... | |
Getting warmer: Researchers uncover information on new superconductors May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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The world of physics is on fire about a new kind of superconductor, and a group of researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory led by physicist Pengcheng Dai are in the middle ... | |
 Research Suggests Novel Superconductor Is In a Powerful Class All Its Own May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Superconductivity has perplexed, astounded and inspired scientists ever since it was discovered in 1911. Now, in the latest of a century of surprises, researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory ... | |
New superlattice structure enables high performance infrared imaging May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Scientists at the Center for Quantum Devices (CQD) in the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University have demonstrated for the first time a high-performance infrared imager, based on a Type II superlattice, ... | |
Scientists in Japan design first optical pacemaker for laboratory research May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The world's first optical pacemaker is described in an article published today in Optics Express, the Optical Society’s open-access journal. A team of scientists at Osaka University in Japan show that powerful, but ... | |
 New unifying theory of lasers advanced by physicists May 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Researchers at Yale and the Institute of Quantum Electronics at ETH Zurich have formulated a theory that, allows scientists to better understand and predict the properties of both conventional and non-conventional ... | |
 Physicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion May 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 273 vote(s)
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To many people, cold fusion sounds too good to be true. The idea is that, by creating nuclear fusion at room temperature, researchers can generate a nearly unlimited source of power that uses water as fuel ... | |
 A Test of the Copernican Principle May 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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The Copernican principle states that the Earth is not the center of the universe, and that, as observers, we don’t occupy a special place. First stated by Copernicus in the 16th century, today the idea is ... | |
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