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Two circulating beams bring first collisions in Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider -- the world's most powerful particle accelerator -- circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time on Nov. 23, allowing the operators to test the synchronization...
Ultrathin, Now Ultraflat: Ripple-Free Graphene May Hold Key to Material's Mysteries
Graphene has been a hot topic in physics and materials science since its discovery five years ago . The sheets of carbon, just an atom thick, have...
Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects
With a bit of leverage, Cornell researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to...
Engineer discovers why particles disperse on liquids
Even if you are not a cook, you might have wondered why a pinch of flour (or any small particles) thrown into a bowl of water will disperse in a...
Spotting evidence of directed percolation
Convincing experimental evidence has finally been found for directed percolation, a phenomenon that turns up in computer models of the ways diseases spread through a population or how water soaks...
IBM creates fast, portable diagnostic test
ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- IBM scientists say they have created a rapid, portable one-step test that can quickly diagnose many diseases.
New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene
First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably flat...
Eco-Friendly SUV Gets a Hydrogen Mileage Boost (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Driving hydrogen fueled SUVs for 431 miles per fill-up is no longer a California dream. Researchers from NREL and Toyota recently completed a 331 mile round trip...
Holes block light in very thin films
Another strange twist found in the physics of holey materials
Hiccups that bother Big Bang machine
The Sept. 19, 2008, failure of the Large Hadron Collider is costing 40 million Swiss francs ($40 million) to fix and it set back experiments for more than a year....
More efficient drug crystals created
LEEDS, England, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- British scientists say they have developed a simple technology that can be used in existing chemical reactors to ensure more efficient drug crystal...
P.E.I. says no to wind turbine firm
A bankrupt wind energy company's latest attempt to get funding from P.E.I. taxpayers has been turned down.
E-Transportation Jump-Start: Coalition Seeks to Pave the Way for Electric Vehicles
Although the widespread adoption of electric vehicles and their related infrastructure has always suffered from chicken-and-egg syndrome , Nissan and FedEx, along with several utilities and technology companies have...
FutureGrid to provide platform for experimental computation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the next few months, a consortium that includes the University of Chicago will establish FutureGrid, a collaborative next-generation system for experimental scientific supercomputing.
Alternative fuel 'can power 15% of flights by 2020'
Alternative fuels could power 15 percent of global air traffic by 2020 and 30 percent by 2030, European aircraft-maker Airbus said at the Dubai Airshow on Tuesday.
EIT waves and coronal magnetic field diagnosis
Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University in Nanjing, China – Solar coronal seismology based on magnetic field-line stretching model of "EIT waves" is proposed, which is demonstrated to be potentially able...
No Surprise: Coed Dorms Fuel Sex and Drinking
Coed dorms fuel very unhealthy behavior that might otherwise be moderated.
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Feature: Monsters of the deep
What causes rogue waves remains a mystery, but some ANU physicists think the answer may lie in studying beams of light.
Response: The European emissions trading scheme is now a success
It was not the market that failed, but the policies that governed how it workedYour article is profoundly disheartening (Carbon trading is useless, says Friends of the Earth report, 5 November). Instead of...
Letters: Causes of Falluja's birth defects
You are to be congratulated for bringing to public notice the possible causes of birth defects and cancers among infants in Falluja (Report, 14 November). You mention radiation poisoning, but not depleted uranium...
Angels & Demons: the Swansea connection
How do you make a bottle to store antimatter in? Don't ask Dan Brown; ask Professor Mike Charlton of Swansea University, who is researching the complex world of particle theory, in CernWhen...
Freezing: a phenomenon that 'jumps'
(PhysOrg.com) -- The freezing of suspensions of particles is not always a uniform phenomenon; in certain conditions it leads to a modification of the redistribution of particles and the growth...
Hydrogen Blast Leads To Refinery Shutdown
Investigation: Chemical Safety Board urges Utah plant to shutter operations, document safety.
Comcast's NBC talks cap its decades-long rise
(AP) -- Ralph Roberts knew he was onto something big when people ran after his cable TV trucks in Tupelo, Miss., asking for a visit to their homes.
Glimpsing a greener future
It's the year 2060, and 75 percent of drivers in the Greater Los Angeles area have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that emit only water vapor.
Carnegie Mellon customizing electric cars for cost-effective urban commuting
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have converted a 2001 Scion xB into an electric commuter vehicle that will serve as a test bed for a new community-based approach...
Building a more versatile laser
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the drawbacks associated with using semiconductor lasers is that many of them can only produce a beam of a single wavelength, and can only send that...