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SLAC's newest facility kicks off user run

(Phys.org) -- After months of installation and commissioning efforts, SLAC's newest user facility welcomed its first two groups of experimenters on Friday. They came to use the tightly focused electron bunches ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Canadian Isotope Project enters final stretch

A research project exploring the potential for making medical isotopes with X-rays from a particle accelerator instead of a nuclear reactor is about to move to the large scale. The Canadian Isotope Project, led by the Canadian ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Equivalence principle in space test

Since Galileo Galilei and Newton, the assumption is valid that inert and heavy mass are equivalent. This is, however, questioned by new physical theories such as the String theory. Now, the equivalence principle ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 3

A Flight Simulator for the World's Smallest Beam

(PhysOrg.com) -- Commissioning has begun at the Japan-based Accelerator Test Facility 2, a major technology test bed for future accelerators, including the proposed International Linear Collider, or ILC. During ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Prehistoric cold case links humans to Tasmanian megafauna extinctions

A team of Australian and New Zealand researchers have discovered fresh evidence that could finally unravel the mystery of what killed Tasmania's giant marsupials over 40,000 years ago.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 17 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

First direct observation of oriented attachment in nanocrystal growth

Berkeley Lab researchers have reported the first direct observation of nanoparticles undergoing oriented attachment, the critical step in biomineralization and the growth of nanocrystals. A better understanding ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Findings from discipline-based education research could improve undergraduate science and engineering teaching

Discipline-based education research (DBER) has generated insights that could help improve undergraduate education in science and engineering, but these findings have not yet prompted widespread changes in teaching practice, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Every black hole contains a new universe: A physicist presents a solution to present-day cosmic mysteries

Our universe may exist inside a black hole. This may sound strange, but it could actually be the best explanation of how the universe began, and what we observe today. It's a theory that has been explored ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (86) | comments 234 | with audio podcast

New technique detects trace levels of new class of cancer biomarkers

(Phys.org) -- In less than a decade, a new type of RNA — microRNA (miRNA) — has gone from curiosity to one of the most important sets of regulatory molecules in the body. And because these short pieces of RNA are ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Using graphene, scientists develop a less toxic way to rust-proof steel

(Phys.org) -- University at Buffalo researchers are making significant progress on rust-proofing steel using a graphene-based composite that could serve as a nontoxic alternative to coatings that contain hexavalent ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists learn much about humans from birds' singing lessons

Why wasn't this intruder getting the message? The lord of the manor had warned him repeatedly to back off, with threatening gestures and loud admonitions. But the trespasser just sat there - singing.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA says competition is key to private space race

Competition is vital to the race among private companies to replace the space shuttle, NASA said Thursday, after Congress called for the US space agency to fund a single company.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Lunar boom: Why we'll soon be mining the moon

As history has repeatedly shown, where there are valuable minerals to be unearthed, adventurous humans will arrive in droves – even if it means battling extreme conditions and risking life and limb.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Fujitsu develops high-speed thin client technology for 10-fold improvement in responsiveness

 Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced that it has developed technology for high-speed thin clients that will respond as much as ten times faster to user operations, even in low-quality network ...

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created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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