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Promising Photonic Devices: A Tiny, Tunable Well Of Light
Photonic devices promise advances in applications ranging from computing to high-speed communication.
Article examines rare quantum physics effect
(PhysOrg.com) -- There's nothing University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Herman Batelaan likes more than a challenge. And there are few areas of science more challenging than working at the sub-atomic, or...
Data Manipulation At ETH
Misconduct: Fabricated chemistry data at Switzerland's premier research institution leads to resignation.
Sound waves save roads
Every year roads are built and repaired to the tune of several billions. Intensive efforts are underway all over the world to get 'more road for your money' by developing...
How safe are carbon nanotubes?
Small amounts of metal impurities in carbon nanotubes can have a large effect on their toxicity
Darwin on film
The team behind the new Charles Darwin film Creation discuss the challenges of making a movie about a scientistAndy Duckworth
Molecules On A String: Why Size Isn't The Only Thing That Matters For Data Storage
Molecules of hydrogen are difficult to steer with electric fields because of the symmetrical way that charges are distributed within them. But now researchers in Switzerland have found a clever...
A recipe for controlling carbon nanotubes
Nanoscopic tubes made of a lattice of carbon just a single atom deep hold promise for delivering medicines directly to a tumour, sensors so keen they detect the arrival or...
Become A Fan Of The Tevatron!
I am spending my time in the CDF Control Room this week (seven days, from 4PM to midnight), as a Scientific Coordinator. My job is to work with my crew...
New X-ray Technique Illuminates Reactivity Of Environmental Contaminants
A chemical reaction can occur in the blink of an eye. Thanks to a new analytical method, scientists can now pinpoint, at the millisecond level, what happens as harmful environmental...
By Degrees: Plugged-In Age Feeds a Hunger for Electricity
The rise of electronic devices amounts to the fastest-growing source of power demand in the world, and there is resistance to efficiency rules.
NREL Team Tests Higher Ethanol Fuel Mix
(PhysOrg.com) -- Going on a diet can be good for you. And maybe a gasoline "diet" of traditional fuel blended with increased levels of ethanol will be good for the...
Physicists Find a World of Motion In the Mystery of Aging Glass
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists super-cooled a liquid into glass in order to observe the slowing of particles. It's a material that still perplexes researchers despite thousands of years of household...
Diamonds are a laser's best friend
Tomorrow's lasers may come with a bit of bling, thanks to a new technology that uses man-made diamonds to enhance the power and capabilities of lasers. Researchers in Australia have...
Disputed Solar Energy Project in California Desert Is Dropped
Environmentalists succeeded in blocking a 5,130-acre solar power farm that would have risen in the Mojave Desert.
Magnetized Gas Points to New Physics
Experiment with cold atoms "solves" theoretical model that defied calculations [Read more]
First Test of New X-ray Laser Strips Neon Bare
(PhysOrg.com) -- It takes a lot of energy to strip all ten electrons from an atom of neon. Doing it from the inside out, knocking away the most-closely-held, innermost electrons...
Janus particles: particles with two faces
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente have devised a method for fabricating Janus particles, so called because, like the Roman god Janus,...
Sorghum tested as alternative fuel
SALISBURY, Md., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Varieties of drought-resistant, fast-growing sorghum are being studied in Maryland as a renewable source of fuel, scientists at Salisbury University said.
Ghost Writer Needed!
I was notified today that I am due to write a proceedings article for the "Physics in Collision" conference I attended in Kobe two weeks ago. The task is not...
Dilemma for Bloodhound supersonic car
Bloodhound SSC, the British project to build the world's first car capable of speeds in excess of 1,000mph, faces a tough decision. Chief aero engineer Ron Ayers explains the dilemma
Students Navigating The Hudson River With Hydrogen Fuel Cells
A group of ambitious students will soon sail up the Hudson River, propelled by pollution-free hydrogen fuel cells and a clear vision for a cleaner, greener future.
Researchers prolong the half-life of biopharmaceutical proteins
Many biopharmaceuticals comprise small proteins that are quickly eliminated from the body. Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Germany) combine such small proteins with a kind of molecular balloon that...
Obama honors scientists, innovators
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The first woman to receive tenure in the MIT chemistry department has been named one of nine U.S. scientists to receive the National Medal...
US tax breaks subsidize foreign oil production
(Washington) The largest U.S subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil production, according to research to be released on Friday by the Environmental Law...
Sharp's New Semiconductor Laser for Triple- and Quadruple- Layer Blu-ray Discs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharp Corporation has announced the development of a new 500 mW semiconductor laser for triple- and quadruple- layer Blu-ray discs.
Off-the-wall workout: Modified yoga poses help with stretching, balancing
Many yoga classes use a wall as an occasional prop. But in Nancy McCaochan's classes, the wall is the star.
SKoreans demonstrate spin-injected field effect transistor
South Korean scientists said Friday they had demonstrated a spin-injected field effect transistor in a high-mobility InAs heterostructure.