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'Big bang' experiment is hacked
Part of the Large Hadron Collider was attacked by hackers as experiments got under way.
MIT Probe Could Aid Quantum Computing
MIT researchers may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code breaking.
Parallel "Nano-soldering" Technique Chosen for Year's Top-50 by Nanotech Briefs
That's why a new electroplating process that simultaneously joins many silicon nanowires to many prepatterned electrodes was selected for a 2008 Nano 50 Award by Nanotech Briefs.
New air traffic control system developed
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. engineers say they've creating an air traffic control system that will operate without human input, basing flight recommendations on myriad variables.
Mexico City pollution sources identified
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Scientists say they've analyzed Mexico City air pollution -- once the world's worst -- to precisely identify aerosols and chart daily patterns...
Physicists discover 'doubly strange' particle
Physicists of the DZero experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a new particle made of three quarks, the Omega-sub-b (?b). The particle contains...
Cigarettes' Power May Not Be In Nicotine Itself, New Study Suggests
New research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself but in how it enhances other experiences while smoking.
James Bloom on the booming market for products that use nanotechnology
Products that use nanotechnology, from TV screens to water filters, are coming to the market faster than ever before, says James Bloom
Oliver Tickell: Geo-engineers, too, have a vital role in saving the planet
Oliver Tickell: Cleaner fuel will not halt climate catastrophe. We need to find pioneering solutions that alter the earth's thermal balance
Cosmic Log: Seeing through invisibility
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: First, scientists developed a real-life invisibility cloak. Now Chinese researchers are working on an anti-invisibility device to see through the cloak.
Shedding light on artificial atoms
New technique of 'amplitude spectroscopy' works at frequencies where conventional spectroscopy is difficult
New home door locks can be controlled online
(AP) -- What if locking the front door of your home while you're away were as easy as hopping on the Internet?
The ATLAS Pixel Detector
With the Large Hadron Collider start-up only weeks away, SLAC researchers working on the LHC are feeling the excitement. SLAC has been involved in designing and building the ATLAS (A...
RBH Adds Five New Speakers to Their Signature Line
RBH has just announced that they are adding five new speakers to their Signature Line. These five new speakers were made to compliment RBH´s existing Signature Reference freestanding lineup.
Film created to protect small spacecraft
LAKEWOOD, N.J., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have developed a thin film designed to protect small spacecraft from temperature extremes, corrosion and micrometeor impacts.
Nanoscale Droplets With Cancer-fighting Implications Created
Scientists have succeeded in making unique nanoscale droplets that are much smaller than a human cell and can potentially be used to deliver pharmaceuticals.
Nuclear Shortcuts Exposed In U.S. Nuclear Fuel Facility
US regulators have ignored expert safety advice in an attempt to cut corners and fast track the completion of a $4 billion nuclear fuel facility currently under construction near Aiken,...
Scientists Grow 'Nanonets' Able To Snare Added Energy Transfer
Adding to the growing list of novel nanoscale structures, researchers report engineering nanonets, flexible webs of tiny wires that improve the performance of their materials, which are used in microelectronics...
Putting the Squeeze on Nitrogen for High Energy Materials
Nitrogen atoms like to travel in pairs, hooked together by one of the strongest chemical bonds in nature. By subjecting nitrogen molecules to extreme temperatures and pressures scientists are getting...
Next stop: The fourth dimension
How did the universe come to be? What is it made of? What is mass? Can science prove that there are other dimensions? We may have answers soon.
Hunt For Higgs Boson: Most Highly Sought-after Particle In Physics
The hunt for the Higgs boson, the most highly sought-after particle in physics, received a boost this month with two new results from the Tevatron particle collider at Fermilab in...
Shape Memory Alloys Conference SMST 2008 to be Held in Stresa, Italy
The major international conference devoted solely to applications of shape memory alloys will be held Sept. 21-25, 2008 in Stresa, Italy. The International Conference is organized by the International...
How Smarter Cars Could Power the Future
Two new gizmos aim to reduce fuel consumption by changing the way people drive.
Feature: Fencing wire and mirrors - the world of the national energy system
You come home after work, flick a switch and electricity from somewhere turns on the light - it's simple. But Gavan McDonnell explains that there is a lot more to...
Graphene pioneers bag Europhysics prize
Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov recognized for discovering new carbon material just one atom thick
Physicist's gadget lets you hear the sound of a perfect golf swing
Golf is a game of intense concentration. Golfers receive advice on the precise stance, grip, wrist angle, shoulder angle, head angle, and other details to improve their swings. But a...
Chemical safety board falls short
US panel allegedly investigated only one of 35 lethal accidents last year
Secrecy in Science Gives Way to Scary Openness
The latest Internet advances are forcing a tortured openness throughout the halls of science.