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Nanoscale Zipper Cavity Responds To Single Photons Of Light
Physicists have developed a nanoscale device that can be used for force detection, optical communication and more. The device exploits the mechanical properties of light to create an optomechanical cavity...
Breakthrough Toward Industrial Production Of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds
Scientists have discovered a novel route to fabricate fluorescent nanoparticles from diamond microcrystals.
Scientists identify blood-clotting sensor
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 6 (UPI) -- Scientists have identified a molecular sensor that controls the balance between blood clotting and bleeding, Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., said.
Bacteria from the deep can clean up heavy metals
A species of bacteria, isolated from sediments deep under the Pacific Ocean, could provide a powerful clean-up tool for heavy metal pollution. Writing in the current issue of the journal,...
New, light-driven nanomotor is simpler, more promising
Sunflowers track the sun as it moves from east to west. But people usually have to convert sunlight into electricity or heat to put its power to use...
Physicists Put the Quantum Into Mechanics
Experiment demonstrates weird quantum connection between tiny "machines"
Quantum physicist scoops top French award
Serge Haroche receives gold medal from French national research council
Improving Plug-In Electric Cars
One of the issues that comes with plug-in autos, whether they are hybrid or straight-up electric, is the ability to charge the battery. It can be difficult to charge batteries...
Big Brother is Watching You Wash Your Hands
Hand-washing: it seems easy enough, but for whatever reason, we constantly shirk this simplest of duties. These days we have swine flu to remind us, but what about when that...
Exotic Quasicrystal May Represent New Type of Mineral
A team of researchers says they have found in a Russian mineral sample the first natural example of a quasicrystal, an unusual material that displays some of the properties of...
First Afghan fibre optic cable connects to Tajikistan
Part of Afghanistan's first international fibre optic cable has opened in a project that will make the country millions of dollars and boost regional connectivity, a cabinet minister said Thursday.
Unexplained atmospheric chemistry detected
Field study in China reveals unusually high production of hydroxyl radicals
How growing cells move together
Our cells are more than inert bags of proteins and genes whose complex signaling networks confound the world’s most powerful computers. They also have a physical side whose brawny feats...
Graphene may have advantages over copper for IC interconnects at the nanoscale
The unique properties of thin layers of graphite - known as graphene - make the material attractive for a wide range of potential electronic devices. Researchers have now experimentally...
Historic Paris Air Show planned
PARIS, June 4 (UPI) -- This month's 48th International Paris Air Show will celebrate its 100th anniversary -- the first Paris Air Show was held in 1909 at...
Another One-Atom-Thick Material
Boron nitride joins graphene on list of thinnest free-standing crystals.
New protein centre opens
On the 4th June, the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Copenhagen will open the doors of its new research centre, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Protein...
Nanoparticle Scattering Improves Laser Performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- `Light scattering` and `optical performance` are two concepts that usually head in opposite directions, but they have recently been shown to walk happily hand-in-hand. The results are impressive...
A billion-year ultra-dense memory chip
When it comes to data storage, density and durability have always moved in opposite directions - the greater the density the shorter the durability. For example, information carved in stone...
Frozen on Video: Theo Gray Sculpts in Solid Mercury, with Some Help from Liquid Nitrogen
What you consider solid, liquid or gas depends entirely on where you live. For example, men from cold, cold Mars might build their houses out of ice. Women from Venus,...
What if there is only one Universe?
Lee Smolin, author of the bestselling science book The Trouble with Physics and a founding member and research physicist at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, writes...
Lasers Are Making Solar Cells Competitive
Solar electricity has a bright future: It is renewable and available in unlimited quantities, and it does not produce any gases detrimental to the climate. Its only drawback right now...
Changing Climate Likely To Make 'Super Weed' Even More Powerful
Researchers have discovered a new reason why the tall, tasseled reed Phragmites australis is one of the most invasive plants in the United States. The research team found that Phragmites...
Chile pushes the use of renewables
Chile has been pushing the use of wind and solar energies in the last four years, announced the country's president Michelle Bachelet.
Cornell Hosts Workshop on Large-scale Wind Power, June 12-13
To harvest the wind: Cornell University will host "Large-Scale Wind-Generated Power," a scientific workshop on gathering wind energy, June 12-13, 2009, on the Cornell campus.
The Aerospace Corporation nanosatellite tests the latest generation of solar cells
Scientists at The Aerospace Corporation are analyzing data received from a 6.4 kg nanosatellite they developed to test a new generation of solar cells.
Lithium-ion battery tech commercialized
ARGONNE, Ill., June 3 (UPI) -- The Argonne National Laboratory and the BASF Corp. have agreed to mass produce and market Argonne's patented composite cathode technology materials.
Theater owners behind on 3-D projectors
(AP) -- To hear the folks in Hollywood talk about it, improved 3-D technology and the quality films that are quickly lining up behind it represent nothing short of...