Physics and Matter News - May 2008 Archives
Unexpected results offer a potential tool for selectively manipulating electron spins in new technologies
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 | Researchers have shown for the first time that a single layer of molecular "salve" can significantly soothe the stresses affecting clean metal surfaces ...> Full Article |
Research has found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in the nucleus
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The world of physics is on fire about a new kind of superconductor
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 | Researchers have discovered that a new class of iron-based superconductors discovered earlier this year shares similar unusual magnetic properties with previously known high-temperature superconductors based on copper-oxide materials ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers at Yale and the Institute of Quantum Electronics have formulated a theory that, allows scientists to better understand and predict the properties of both conventional and non-conventional lasers ...> Full Article |
Michigan State University will compete for a half-billion dollar federally funded Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) in response to a Funding Opportunity Announcement issued by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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 | Researchers have come one step closer to finding the 'holy grail' in the field of plastic semiconductors by demonstrating a class of material that could make electrically-driven plastic laser diodes a reality. ...> Full Article |
Scientists have spent 70 years trying to predict the properties of nuclei, but have had to settle for approximate models because computational techniques were not equal to the task.
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 | When the world's most powerful subatomic particle collider begins gathering data this summer, it will be a major milestone for a number of University of Washington scientists. ...> Full Article |
Superconductors can convey more than 150 times more electricity than copper wires because they don't restrict electron movement, the essence of electricity. But to do this, the materials have to be cooled below a very low, so-called, transition temperature, which often makes them impractical for widespread use. Now for the first time, scientists have found that in addition to chemical manipulation, the superconducting state can be induced by high pressure in so-called high-temperature superconductors
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A research team has found an explanation for the extreme sensitivity to mechanical pressure or voltage of a special class of solid materials called relaxors
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 | First measurement of entangled states in nitrogen ...> Full Article |
 | A milestone in high energy density science has been reached by an international team of physicists from Japan, the EU and the US ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists have explained, for the first time, the physics that governs how thin materials at scales millions of times different in thickness make the transition from wrinkles into folds under compression. ...> Full Article |
Could lead to industrial applications including improved sensors, actuators, transducers
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 | New experiments at Cornell have verified a theory that variations in the distance between atoms in cuprate superconductors account for differences in the temperature at which the material begins to superconduct ...> Full Article |
How does light pass through a tiny hole? For the first time, researchers have succeeded in mapping this process properly
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Professor has taken a step toward simulating a type of matter found in the crusts of neutron stars, in the cores of gas giant planets, and in exotic plasmas thought to be present in the earliest universe.
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For the first time, physicists have come up with a scheme that would allow a quantum mechanical expert to win every time in a con game with a victim who only knows about classical physics
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The model could provide new avenues in materials innovation and medicine
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Managing heat is a major challenge for engineers who work on devices from jet engines to personal electronics to nano-scale transistors.
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