The U.S. patent office has reportedly granted a patent for an anti-gravity device -- breaking its rule to reject inventions that defy the laws of physics.

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Nov 09, 2005 3.9 / 5 (170) 0

Water, the only indispensable ingredient of life, is just about the most versatile stuff on Earth. Depending on its temperature we can heat our homes with it, bathe in it, and even strap on skates and glide across it, to ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Oct 26, 2006 4.5 / 5 (148) 0

As humans, we have a very intuitive concept of time, and of the differences between the past, present, and future. But, as scientists Edward Feng of the University of California, Berkeley, and Gavin Crooks of the Lawrence ...

Physics - General Physics

Sep 05, 2008 4.2 / 5 (157) 56

The Million Book Project, an international venture led by Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, Zhejiang University in China, the Indian Institute of Science in India and the Library at Alexandria in Egypt, has ...

Technology - Internet

Nov 27, 2007 4.4 / 5 (148) 2

The prototype of a revolutionary new type of vehicle only one metre wide specially designed for cities has been developed by a team of European scientists. The vehicle combines the safety of a micro-car and ...

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Apr 25, 2006 4.4 / 5 (150) 0

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered a material that gives a whole new complexion to the term 'fridge magnet'. When this alloy is placed in a magnetic field, it gets colder. Karl Sandeman and his co-workers ...

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Apr 21, 2006 4.7 / 5 (140) 0

An MIT and Columbia University team has successfully tested a novel reactor that could chart a new path toward nuclear fusion, which could become a safe, reliable and nearly limitless source of energy.

Physics - General Physics

Mar 28, 2008 4.6 / 5 (141) 15

The concept of quantum teleportation - the disembodied complete transfer of the state of a quantum system to any other place - was first experimentally realised between two different light beams. Later it became also possible ...

Physics - General Physics

Oct 05, 2006 4.5 / 5 (144) 0

(Phys.org) —A team of entomologists from the University of Illinois has found a possible link between the practice of feeding commercial honeybees high-fructose corn syrup and the collapse of honeybee colonies ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 30, 2013 4.7 / 5 (140) 21 |

Imagine an electric car with the same acceleration capability as a gas-powered sports car, or ultrafast rechargeable “batteries” that can be recharged a thousand times more than existing conventional batteries. According ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Jul 20, 2007 4.6 / 5 (140) 0

Over the past five years or so, scientists have finally converged on a model of the universe that explains (or at least permits) all of its characteristics. The new cosmological model has one very surprising feature, however, ...

Physics - General Physics

Jun 05, 2006 4.6 / 5 (139) 0

The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries. More than 200 years ago Pythagoras reportedly discovered that pleasing musical intervals could be described using simple ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Apr 17, 2008 4.5 / 5 (144) 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey of top climate scientists has revealed there is a real chance of key climate tipping points being passed with serious consequences for the planet.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 17, 2009 4.4 / 5 (147) 31

“There are two classical branches of the universe connected by a quantum bridge. This connects the former collapse with the current expansion.” While Abhay Ashtekar and his colleagues, Tomasz Pawlowski and Parampreet ...

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Apr 25, 2006 4.6 / 5 (139) 5

Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a unique photocatalytic cell that splits water to produce hydrogen and oxygen in water using sunlight and the power of a nanostructured catalyst.

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May 01, 2007 4.7 / 5 (136) 0