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What if dark matter particles aren't WIMPs?
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, many physicists have accepted that dark matter is composed of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The fact that WIMPs can naturally explain the amount of dark...
Rust-proof -- Even Without Chromium
For a long time, chromium plating protected car bodies against rust, but this has been prohibited since 2007. However, chromium-free coatings are not suitable for universal use; they have to...
Researcher nabs 'doubly magic' tin isotope
(PhysOrg.com) -- With help from newly developed equipment designed and built at Michigan State University, MSU researchers have been able to make first-of-its-kind measurements of several rare nuclei, one of...
New Polymer Coatings Prevent Corrosion, Even When Scratched
Imagine tiny cracks in your patio table healing by themselves, or the first small scratch on your new car disappearing by itself. This and more may be possible with self-healing...
NPL research shows there could be no end in sight for Moore's Law
The fast pace of growing computing power could be sustained for many years to come thanks to new research from the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) that is applying advanced...
Plastic as a conductor
You could hardly find greater contrasts in one and the same team. Plastic is light and inexpensive, but insulates electric current. Metal is resilient and conducts electricity, but it is...
The clear future of electronics
A group of scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has fabricated a working computer chip that is almost completely clear - the first of its kind....
Keeping track
The apron of an airport is a hive of activity. Ground staff drive baggage trolleys to the aircraft, load air freight containers in the hold and refuel the aircraft. Cleaning...
Nuclear engineering on the rise at McMaster
Student interest in nuclear engineering has risen sharply in the past four years, says John Luxat, professor of engineering physics at McMaster University in Hamilton.
High Energy Physics Team Sets New Data-Transfer World Records
(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on seven years of record-breaking developments, an international team of physicists, computer scientists, and network engineers led by the California Institute of Technology--with partners from Michigan, Florida,...
New work on leading wave power
A technology that is adapted to the special conditions for wave energy places the wave energy technology from Uppsala on the absolute cutting edge in the world. In his...
First detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet
Finding bodes well in searching for life signatures beyond the solar system
Arthur R. Kantrowitz, Whose Wide-Ranging Research Had Many Applications, Is Dead at 95
Dr. Kantrowitz’s research on the behavior of superhot gases and fluid dynamics led to nose cones for rockets, heart-assist pumps and the idea of nuclear fusion in magnetic bottles.
Neutron Researchers Discover Widely Sought Property In Magnetic Semiconductor
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a key magnetic property of specially built semiconductor devices that raises hopes for even smaller and faster gadgets that could...
No Batteries Required: Future Devices Could Power Themselves
Physicists aim to eliminate replaceable power supplies, such as batteries, by improving energy harvesting, nanometer-sized materials already found in portable high-tech devices.
Lighted Fabric, Packaging, Easy With New Manufacturing Process
Ultra-thin and energy efficient displays that use organic compounds to emit light have been stirring up excitement in the consumer electronics industry for several years. Researchers have now developed a...
New hybrid nanostructures detect nanoscale magnetism
A key challenge of nanotechnology research is investigating how different materials behave at lengths of merely one-billionth of a metre. When shrunk to such tiny sizes, many everyday materials exhibit...
IBM and researchers from Harvard launch new World Community Grid project
IBM and researchers from Harvard University are launching a new World Community Grid project to discover organic materials to create a more efficient and lower cost solar cell. The path-breaking...
Ship-in-a-bottle Kit On A Microchip
Remote-controlled with a magnetic field, aggregates of plastic particles on a microchip function like stirrers and pumps.
Is the hunt for extraterrestrial life misguided?
Attempts to probe the Universe for advanced civilizations may be unscientific, says Philip Ball, but that shouldn't stop us.
Efficiency records claimed for solar devices
Light concentrator promises higher power output.
Electronic Arts and 2K add reality to videogames with PhysX
Elite graphics chip maker NVIDIA announced Monday that Electronic Arts and 2K Games will use its PhysX technology to add realism to their videogames.
LHC to Restart in 2009
CERN today confirmed that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will restart in 2009. This news forms part of an updated report, published last week, on the status of the LHC...
Silicon Photonics Advancement Aims to Accelerate Future Computing, Communications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel researchers have made the next advance in the field of Silicon Photonics by achieving world-record performance using a silicon-based Avalanche Photodetector (APD) that could lower costs and...
New Hybrid Nanostructures Detect Nanoscale Magnetism
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a new process for growing a single multi-walled carbon nanotube that is embedded with cobalt nanostructures. Using this new hybrid material, the team...
Researchers generate electric power savings
Imagine being away over the holidays with most of the electric power in your home turned off while the neighbors host their holiday guests, using lots of electricity.
Sun shines on a solution for hydrogen production
UK scientists have made hydrogen from water in a simple experiment on a lab bench
Dean Kamen's LED Island Goes Off the Grid
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dean Kamen, best known as the inventor of the Segway scooter and a thought-controlled prosthetic arm, has taken a personal interest in reducing energy consumption.