Physics and Matter News - August 2008 Archives
Epitaxy facility of the PTB produces semiconductor layers of highest purity
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The LHCb VELO has recorded the first hits from tracks of particles injected into the new 27km Large Hadron Collider
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Findings may point to new materials to get the current flowing at higher temperatures
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An international effort to understand the most basic structure of matter has yielded a particle that is critical to the eventual understanding of the universe and its evolution.
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Researchers demonstrate the fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit
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 | Researchers have reported a new way to fine-tune the light coming from quantum dots by manipulating them with pairs of lasers ...> Full Article |
 | International team discovers quantum halfway house between magnet and semiconductor ...> Full Article |
Scientists are spreading their expertise from the mines of Canada to the mountains of China
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 | The field of particle physics is poised to enter unknown territory with the startup of a massive new accelerator--the Large Hadron Collider ...> Full Article |
 | Study hints efficient organic LEDS will be tough to make ...> Full Article |
Physicists explain, predict properties of iron compounds
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 | Researchers create prototype vibration dampening system ...> Full Article |
 | A new simulation method has made it possible to predict in record time when and where heavily stressed engine components are likely to fail. ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers have recently reached what they are calling a milestone in experimental quantum mechanics. ...> Full Article |
The particle accelerator known as the Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) - now in planning stages - would open doors to new research in fields from materials science to biochemistry
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 | Newly developed synchrotron technique helped find that the interaction of oxygen orbitals increases with increasing pressure, changing the location of the orbitals, and bringing the four oxygen molecules together ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers are exploring the patterns of atoms as the freeze. ...> Full Article |
 | New study is shedding light on an important, unsolved physics problem: the relationship between chaos theory - which is based on 300-year-old Newtonian physics - and the modern theory of quantum mechanics. ...> Full Article |
 | Physicists have demonstrated a powerful new technique that reveals hidden properties of ultracold atomic gases. ...> Full Article |
 | First attempt to circulate a beam in the Large Hadron Collider will be made on 10 September ...> Full Article |
Quantum quirk independently verified
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 | Researchers have drawn the first detailed picture of the way a superfluid influences the behavior of a superconductor. In addition to describing previously unknown superconductor behavior, these calculations could change scientists' understanding of the motion of neutron stars. ...> Full Article |
First neutrons created at the ISIS Second Target Station
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 | An old technique helps Bob correctly decode Alice's entangled message qubits ...> Full Article |
 | A new material could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells. ...> Full Article |
Many of us have been fascinated by the concept of absolute zero, the temperature at which everything comes to a complete stop. But physics tells us otherwise: absolute zero cannot be reached but only approached, and the closer you get, the more interesting phenomena you find!
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Scientists have devised a way to squeeze light into tighter spaces than ever thought possible, potentially opening doors to new technology in the fields of optical communications, miniature lasers and optical computers.
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