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First step to answering why there is more matter than antimatter matter in universe
Physicists have just announced that they have detected the first neutrino events generated by the newly built neutrino beam at the J-PARC accelerator laboratory in Tokai, Japan.
For Football Fans, Almost Losing Is Ideal
The most exciting football games are those your team almost loses.
RFID Chips: Intelligence inside metal components
Up to now, extreme production temperatures made it impossible to equip metallic components with RFID chips during the operating process. Researchers present a variation on a process that makes the...
Chemists get custom-designed microscopic particles to self-assemble in liquid crystal
Chemists and physicists have succeeded in getting custom-shaped microparticles to interact and self-assemble in a controlled way in a liquid crystal...
In praise of… mint
In Greek mythology she was a nymph about to be seduced by Hades before Queen Persephone turned her into a plant. Pliny the Elder thought it reanimated the spirit. The Romans brought...
Why Suffocating Is Scary
Breathing too much carbon dioxide triggers a chemical sensor in the brain's fear circuit [Read more]
Eye floaters and flashes of light linked to retinal tear, detachment
Suddenly seeing floaters or flashes of light may indicate a serious eye problem that -- if untreated -- could lead to blindness, a new study shows.
The future of solar cells changes shape
Unique coral-shaped nanomaterials could improve the efficiency of solar cells, say Chinese scientists
Magic box for mission impossible
For rescuers working in remote places working phones and Internet are literally a question of life and death. A team of researchers and businesses in Norway, Spain and Finland decided...
Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as...
‘Keys’ to GOCE satellite handed over
ESA’s GOCE gravity mission has achieved another major milestone as control of the satellite is transferred to the operations teams, marking the end of its commissioning and calibration phase.
fMRI scans used in murder trial sentencing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans have been used, possibly for the first time, in the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Chicago in the US.
Most radiation oncologists utilize advanced medical imaging techniques, study suggests
A recent study shows that 95 percent of radiation oncologists use advanced imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) for...
Explained: The Discrete Fourier Transform
In 1811, Joseph Fourier, the 43-year-old prefect of the French district of Isère, entered a competition in heat research sponsored by the French Academy of Sciences. The paper he submitted described a novel...
Early protein processes crucial to formation and layering of myelin membrane
New findings from an international team of researchers probing the nerve-insulating myelin sheath were bolstered by the work of Boston College biologists, who used x-rays to uncover how mutations affect...
Fast, easy, and highly sensitive arsenic detection with gold nanoparticles
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are...
'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed
Researchers have created a novel and simple way to analyze samples that are complex mixtures -- such as whole milk, blood serum and dirt in solution -- by adapting a...
First black holes may have incubated in giant, starlike cocoons
The first large black holes in the universe likely formed and grew deep inside gigantic, starlike cocoons that smothered their powerful X-ray radiation and prevented surrounding gases from being blown...
Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO
(AP) -- Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.
Big Bang machine achieves first particle collisions
ZURICH (Reuters) -- Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27-kilometre tunnel under the French-Swiss border in an initial step toward discovering how the universe...
Response: There are major barriers to the mass production of electric tractors
Diesel-powered farm machinery will be with us for some time to comeGeorge Monbiot is quite right to lambast the International Energy Agency for its lack of credibility over oil reserves, and I wish...
Seeking a Smarter Grid: Integrating Wind Energy by Linking Buildings to the Grid
In utility parlance, wind energy is known as a `variable load.` That`s because wind is naturally unpredictable and inconstant. What`s worse, it is more likely to blow at night, when...
Atomic-level snapshot catches protein motor in action
The atomic-level action of a remarkable class of ring-shaped protein motors has been uncovered by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) using a state-of-the-art protein crystallography beamline...
Stony Brook University Students Win PrestigiousSC09 Student Cluster Competition
A team of six computer-savvy Stony Brook University undergraduates won first place honors in the SC09 Student Cluster Competition during the annual, internationally-acclaimed Supercomputing Conference held at Portland, Ore., November...
NREL Uncovers Clean Energy Leaders State by State
(PhysOrg.com) -- That California and Texas still lead the United States in generating renewable energy probably is no surprise. But, NREL's 2009 State of the States report shows that several...
The fundamental error of the contemporary physics
The fundamental error of the contemporary celestial mechanics is the mathematically prohibited transformation of the reference frames that leads many physicists to a conclusion that in the orbital motion the...
Nano-labels allow stem cell imaging
Iron-laden nanoparticles used as non-toxic labels for magnetic resonance imaging
Wind Farm Design Borrows Strategy from Schooling Fish
Last year, the United States overtook Germany to become the largest producer of wind energy in the world. This capped a five year expansion of U.S. wind power during which...