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Crossing a threshold of particle physics
The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator — a 17-mile loop under the Franco-Swiss border that was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to help scientists...
Plastic electronics could slash the cost of solar panels
A new technique developed by Princeton University engineers for producing electricity-conducting plastics could dramatically lower the cost of manufacturing solar panels...
New path to solar energy via solid-state photovoltaics
Researchers have found a new mechanism by which the photovoltaic effect can take place in semiconductor thin-films. This new path to energy production brightens the future for photovoltaic technology by...
Atom Smasher Could Reveal "The Beginning"
Physicists Laud Large Hadron Collider's Success; "Huge Step Toward Unraveling Genesis Chapter 1"
From a classical laser to a 'quantum laser'
Rainer Blatt's and Piet Schmidt's research team from the University of Innsbruck have successfully realised a single-atom laser, which shows the properties of a classical laser as well as quantum...
'Lighting a match in a tornado' is one of multiple feats for propulsion center
Walter O'Brien, director of Virginia Tech's Center for Turbomachinery and Propulsion Research, has received a patent for his design of a novel ignitor for combustion and supersonic flows, a device...
World record: Largest simulation of an ideal quantum computer
A quantum computer could provide an enormous improvement in the processing speed of existing computers. However, as yet they only exist in the laboratory in the form of small prototypes...
Understanding the Electricity of Breast Cancer Cells
Building on previous findings demonstrating that breast cancer cells emit unique electromagnetic signals, engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have found that a single cancerous cell produces electric signals...
Story Tips From the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National LaboratoryApril 2010
A new pulsed magnet technique developed for ORNL's Spallation Neutron Source shatters previous field strength limits for pulsed neutron scattering experiments. Science, medicine and engineering will at ORNL for its...
Researchers Discover New, Controllable State in Ferroelectric Nanowires
Researchers at the University of Arkansas and their colleagues have discovered a new phase in ferroelectric nanowires that could be controlled to optimize important properties for future electronic devices.
Rensselaer Researchers Secure $1 Million Grant To Develop Oil Exploration Game-Changer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Nikhil Koratkar is leading a $1 million study to develop new coatings for nanosensors that could lead to more accurate and efficient oil exploration. Koratkar and...
World view: Missing weapons
The US defence department should be at the centre of the nation's energy policy, says Daniel Sarewitz.
Modified Secreting Cyanobacteria Are Like Tiny Biofuel Factories
We thought it was cool when a team of Arizona State researchers engineered genetic bombs that blow biofuel-producing cyanobacteria wide open, releasing their sweet fatty acids without intense chemical processing. But now those...
Britain expecting solar energy boom
LONDON, March 31 (UPI) -- A carbon-free energy future is expected to create a boon for the solar energy sector in the European markets, solar advocates said in London.
Nord Stream construction begins next week
ZUG, Switzerland, March 31 (UPI) -- Construction on the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea is to start the first full week in April, executives said.
Ultra-short, high-density electron pulses for advanced X-ray sources
Over the last few years interest has grown in compact X-ray laser sources which do not require the use of large particle accelerators. Instead, high-intensity laser light is used to...
Picturing the Proton
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two theoretical physicists in the College of Liberal Art and Sciences and their colleagues are eager for the results of an experiment scheduled next fall at the new...
A Tiny Defect That May Create Smaller, Faster Electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- When most of us hear the word 'defect', we think of a problem that has to be solved. But a team of researchers at the University of South...
SuperPower and UH sign high temperature superconducting wire license agreements
The University of Houston (UH) executed two license agreements with SuperPower, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics. One agreement covers the intellectual property on second generation (2G) high temperature...
3D without the glasses: introducing pCubee (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- After a wave of 3D movies such as Alice in Wonderland and Avatar, and a number of television manufacturers producing 3D TVs this year, there is growing interest...
Researcher modernises US power grid
Although the U.S. electric power industry is one of the greatest engineering marvels of the 20th century, ageing technology and an increase in demand create problems for the electricity infrastructure...
Recipes for Health: Baked Trout With Tomatoes and Olives
This summer dish from Provençal makes excellent use of farmed trout, which is easy to find.
Crude oil no longer needed for plastics
Each year the world produces about 130 million kilo of ethene, the most important raw material for plastics. This gigantic industry is currently dependent on crude oil. And that is...
Applied Materials Introduces Critical Via Liner Technology for 3D Chip Packaging
Applied Materials, Inc. today added to its extensive line of 3D chip packaging solutions with the launch of its Applied Producer InVia dielectric deposition system. Using a unique CVD process,...
University of Illinois gets new microscope
CHICAGO, March 30 (UPI) -- The University of Illinois at Chicago says it will become the first university in the world to have one of a new generation of...
Rallying For Better Chemicals Regulation
Reform: Activists lay out disagreements with industry's ideas for modernizing federal chemical control law.
Splinter Cell and Michael Ironside: A rocky ride
Toronto-born actor Michael Ironside, a self-described pacifist and non-gamer, talks about the difficulties in playing Sam Fisher, the shady and violent protagonist of the Splinter Cell series.
Strange Antihyperparticle Created
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists, including nine from UC Davis, working at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory recently created some strange matter not seen since just after the Big...