Physics and Matter News - November 2008 Archives
Research into the development of invisibility devices has spurred two physicists' thought on the behavior of light to overcome the seemingly intractable problem of optical singularities which could soon lead to the manufacturing of a perfect cat's eye.
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Scientists crack secret of unusual magnetic resonance, key to enhanced MRIs
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Research explains unconventional superconductivity without phonons
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New research aims to help golfers by producing better balls that fly farther
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University of British Columbia researchers have developed a technique that brings scientists a big step closer to unlocking the secrets of the most abundant form of matter in the universe.
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 | Whether in oil pipelines or city water mains -- scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization have discovered that turbulent flow is not stable. ...> Full Article |
Unique fiber design enables first observation of two resonant dispersive waves on both sides of the emitting soliton
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 | Researchers set speed record for flipping the spin of an electron and measuring its new position; a key to quick quantum computing ...> Full Article |
Futuristic devices would likely outperform conventional computers in chemical simulations
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Take a gold sample the size of the head of a push pin, shoot a laser through it, and suddenly more than 100 billion particles of anti-matter appear. The anti-matter, also known as positrons, shoots out of the target in a cone-shaped plasma "jet."
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A group of physicists from the University of Liege, Belgium, is publishing research in the New Journal of Physics today, Tuesday. Nov. 18, which shows how lab technicians can make droplets dance, float and bounce above a surface, keeping small amounts of fluid free of contamination and ripe for testing.
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Massive energy releases occur every day in the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere. Lightning may give rise to these bursts of radiation. However, unlike the well-known flashes of light and peals of thunder familiar to Earth-dwellers, these energy releases are channeled upward and can be detected only from space. Our atmosphere protects us from the effects of this radiation, but the mechanisms at work can impact Earth's upper atmosphere and its space environment.
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 | Physicists at the London Center for Nanotechnology have found a way to extend the quantum lifetime of electrons by more than 5,000 percent, according to Physical Review Letters. Electrons exhibit a property called 'spin' and work like tiny magnets which can point up, down or a quantum superposition of both. The state of the spin can be used to store information and so by extending their life the research provides a significant step towards building a usable quantum computer. ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists have developed a radical new method of focusing a stream of ions into a point as small as one nanometer, a versatile ion source that is expected to have broad application in nanotechnology both for carving smaller features on semiconductors than now are possible and for nondestructive imaging of nanoscale structures with finer resolution than currently possible with electron microscopes. ...> Full Article |
 | Researchers are decoding the mysterious mechanisms behind the high-temperature superconductors that industry hopes will find wide use in next-generation systems for storing, distributing and using electricity. ...> Full Article |
Engineers and physicists have developed a method of measuring how strain affects thin films of silicon that could lay the foundation for faster flexible electronics.
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By measuring "inaudible" sounds, events like illegal nuclear tests can be detected. This "infrasound" can also help us understand more about the upper atmosphere
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A team of theoretical and experimental physicists, have designed a new black hole simulator called BlackMax to search for evidence that extra dimensions might exist in the universe.
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In the quest to slow down and ultimately understand chemistry at the level of atoms and electrons
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Could life have started in a lump of ice?
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New method exploring 'energy gap' shows electron pairs exist before superconductivity sets in
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New research shows how knowledge gained from the pursuit of nuclear fusion research may reduce the threat to acceptable levels, making man's first mission to Mars a much greater possibility.
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