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Physicists closer to quantum computing
BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A team of U.S. and British physicists reports taking a step toward quantum computing by successfully using a single atomic nucleus as...
UCLA researchers use Scotch tape to produce X-rays
The unexpected finding could lead to applications in medicine and other fields. ...
LCDs Improved With 3-D Nanoimaging Process
Professors of physics and macromolecular science have developed a method of 3-D optical imaging of anisotropic fluids such liquid crystals, with volumetric resolution one thousand times smaller than existing techniques.
Denser, More Powerful Computer Chips Possible With Plasmonic Lenses That 'Fly'
Engineers are reporting a new way of creating computer chips that could revitalize optical lithography, a patterning technique that dominates modern integrated circuits manufacturing. The researchers say this development could...
New hydrogel drug delivery system created
BOSTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they have developed a self-assembling hydrogel delivery system that's biocompatible, efficient and easy to tailor.
NASA's FERMI, Space, and Time
Is it impossible to pin down both where and when an event takes place, due to quantum gravity effects? Shahn Majid explains why this may be. In my recent posts I have...
Physicists find a new state of matter in a 'transistor'
McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three- dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much like those used in the fabrication of modern transistors. This...
The Bond Breaker
Why are there so many diseases and so few cures? It’s not just that medicine moves slowly; chemistry holds us back, too. To build drugs, chemists start with a base...
Review: New MacBook puts style over affordability
(AP) -- Plastic used to be the sexy material of the future. Now, it's the cheap, ugly material of the past.
Catalyst reactions seen for first time
BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have, for the first time, witnessed nanoscale catalysts as they change during a reaction.
Transferring photos to a DVD the player will recognize
Q. I would like to transfer photos to a DVD-RW disk in the form of a slide show that could be played on my TV from a DVD player. I...
Scientists unwrap the elements of life
Researchers at Newcastle University have taken a step forward in our understanding of how the fundamental building blocks of life are put together.
Streamlining brain signals for speed and efficacy
Life exists at the edge of chaos, where small changes can have striking and unanticipated effects, and major stimuli may go unheard. But there is no space for ambiguity when...
Pines is New Dean of Clark School of Engineering
The University of Maryland announced today that Dr. Darryll Pines, who is currently Chair of Maryland's Department of Aerospace Engineering, will become dean of the A. James Clark School of...
‘Waterless’ Concrete Seen As Building Block On Moon
A new article demonstrates a concept of creating concrete structures on the lunar surface without the use of water.
INADEQUATE analysis of protein structure
US chemists use solid-state NMR spectroscopy to probe the structural features responsible for spider silk’s strength
3D nanotube assembly technique for nanoscale electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the past several years, researchers have been trying to take advantage of carbon nanotubes` good electrical properties for future nanoscale electronics applications. One of the biggest challenges...
Researchers Show How to 'Stamp' Nanodevices with Rubber Molds
By manipulating the way tiny droplets of fluid dry, Cornell researchers have created an innovative way to make and pattern nanoscale wires and other devices that ordinarily can be made...
Party time at CERN
Despite magnet problems, the grand launch of the LHC goes ahead - complete with 16,000 dish 'physics buffet'
Eels' shocking secrets could power devices
The same cells electric eels use to shock predators and prey can be engineered to power implanted biomedical devices, say researchers.
Panasonic Engineers Introduce Methanol Fuel Cell Prototype
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at Panasonic will showcase their new reduced size methanol fuel cell at the Hydrogen Energy Advanced Technology Exhibition 2008 in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan. Japan's most populated city...
The Neural Puppeteer
"Here's what happens when we turn on the light," Karl Deisseroth says. He points to a mouse, ordinary save for the thin optical fiber protruding through its skull. When a...
It's Oktober: I'll Drink To That!
A group of college students at Rice University are taking their favorite pastime and turning it into a research project. Their passion? Beer. Their project? Inventing a brew that contains...
LG Electronics to Invest in Solar Cell Production Line
LG Electronics decided at its board of directors meeting held on October 20 to convert its A1 plasma panel-manufacturing line in Gumi, Korea, into solar cell production lines.
Hybrid solar power material is created
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created a material that overcomes a major obstacle in solar power generation: it absorbs all the energy contained...
Broken atom smasher inaugurated anyway
The world's largest scientific machine may have malfunctioned soon after its spectacular start and still be out of action. But that didn't stop dignitaries, donors and diplomats from inaugurating the...
Big Bang experiment inaugurated despite glitch
GENEVA (Reuters) - The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) officially inaugurated its experiment to probe the origins of the universe on Tuesday, even though a technical hitch last month...
Wang Yung-Ching, Founder Of Formosa Plastics, Dies
Taiwanese built a small polyvinyl chloride maker into the world's 10th largest chemical company