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Experiments Push Quantum Mechanics To Higher Levels
Scientists have devised a new type of superconducting circuit that behaves quantum mechanically -- but has up to five levels of energy instead of the usual two. These circuits act...
Researchers reveal the internal dance of water
(PhysOrg.com) -- Water is familiar to everyone - it shapes our bodies and our planet. But despite this abundance, the molecular structure of water has remained a mystery, with the...
Capping A Two-Faced Particle Gives Duke Engineers Complete Control (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists drew fittingly from Roman mythology when they named a unique class of miniscule particles after the god Janus, who is usually depicted as having two faces looking...
Scientists update nanoparticle sizing rule
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a major inter-laboratory study has resulted in an update in guidelines used to measure the size of nanoparticles in solutions.
Ytterbium gains ground in quest for next-generation atomic clocks
An experimental atomic clock based on ytterbium atoms is about four times more accurate than it was several years ago, giving it a precision comparable to that of the NIST-F1...
UCF scientists control living cells with light
University of Central Florida researchers have shown for the first time that light energy can gently guide and change the orientation of living cells within lab cultures. That ability to...
New Laser Technique May Help Find Supernova
One single atom of a certain isotope of hafnium found on Earth would prove that a supernova once exploded near our solar system. The problem is how to find such...
Missing link of cloud formation
The discovery of an unknown hitherto chemical compound in the atmosphere may help to explain how and when clouds are formed. The discovery of the so called dihydroxyepoxides (an aerosol-precursor),...
Novel temperature calibration improves NIST microhotplate technology
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new calibration technique that will improve the reliability and stability of one of NIST's most versatile technologies,...
'Nanospears' Could Lead to Better Solar Cells, Lasers, Lighting
Growing - and precisely aligning - microscopic, spear-shaped zinc oxide crystals on a surface of single-crystal silicon, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology may have developed a method...
College e-textbooks go to class in iPhones
US and Canadian college students can pack textbooks into their pockets instead of spine-bending backpacks courtesy of an iPhone application released by CourseSmart.
Intel, Micron Achieve Industry`s Most Efficient NAND Product Using 3-Bit-Per-Cell Technology
Intel Corporation and Micron Technology today announced the development of a new 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND technology, leveraging their award-winning 34-nanometer NAND process. The chips are typically used...
GM says Volt will be landmark fuel savings vehicle
Troubled auto giant General Motors said Tuesday its new electric sedan, the Chevrolet Volt, will be marketed in 2011 as the first mass produced vehicle capable of achieving three-digit fuel...
Are Germ-Killing Soaps Affecting Dolphin Development?
Dolphins are swimming in waters tainted with germ-killing soaps, but they aren't winding up squeaky clean. [More]
Mystery of missing carbon cracked
Earth's mantle seems to be depleted in carbon, but chemical processes might explain why.
Urban materials trigger air pollution
Walls and self-cleaning windows could act as reaction sites for pollutant gases in the atmosphere, creating harmful by-products
Mysterious charge transport in self-assembled monolayer transistors unraveled
An international team of researchers from the Netherlands, Russia and Austria discovered that monolayer coverage and channel length set the mobility in self-assembled monolayer field-effect transistors (SAMFETs). This opens the...
July sees big jump in fuel efficiency of new cars
(AP) -- A study by the University of Michigan finds that the fuel economy of new cars and light trucks sold in July noticeably jumped, thanks to the "cash...
Builder of Nations: Steel Continues to Shape the Future
"Whatever the challenge, the answer is steel -- especially for the next generation of materials for energy applications, from oil and gas challenges to new materials for lighter weight vehicles,"...
Lean, Mean and Green: Where Emerging Energy Technology Is Going
A highly efficient system for generating and distributing energy is lean, mean and green - and could be as close as the nearest farm, according to a University of Connecticut...
Materials Match Moods: Mtrl.com Provides Materials Solutions for Designers
From the reassuring warmth of oak to the techno cool of anodized aluminum to the dynamism of spring steel, materials exhibit a wide range of personality traits. To match these...
Progress Toward Artificial Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- In cosmetics, lipid vesicles, also known as liposomes, effectively transport ingredients through the skin. However, they are also used to encapsulate pharmaceuticals and release them at the intended...
Engineers Provide Insights To Decades-old DNA Squabble
A group of nanoengineers, biologists and physicists have used innovative approaches to deduce the internal structure of chromatin, a key player in DNA regulation, to reconcile a longstanding controversy in...
New Study Sheds Light On The Growing U.S. Wind Power Market
For the fourth consecutive year, the United States was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world in 2008, according to a new report. Specifically, US wind power...
Micromuscles: Micrometer-Sized Actuators from Liquid-crystal Elastomers (w/ Video)
To move your arm or leg, certain muscles need to change shape, to either lengthen or contract. Now scientists have made liquid-crystalline particles that can change shape in a similar...
China wind farms sprout amid 'green' energy push
As Deng Hui looks out at a forest of towering turbines dotting his company's wind farm north of Beijing, a cold, drizzly wind howls in his face, but he doesn't...
Research Team Designing Holographic Imaging System for Ovarian Cancer
Two University of Arizona researchers have formed a research team to design, build and evaluate two versions of an ovarian cancer medical imaging and screening instrument that will use holographic...
How gamma oscillations sync the amygdala and striatum during learning
A study conducted by Popescu, Popa, and Pare investigated the underlying mechanism driving amygdalostriatal interactions during memory formation.