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Puzzled Physicists Solve Decade-Long Discrepancies

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by physicists at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have resolved a decade-long puzzle that is set to have huge implications ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (31) | comments 7




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Synthetic nano-waste does not disappear

(Phys.org) -- Tiny particles of cerium oxide do not burn or change in the heat of a waste incineration plant. They remain intact on combustion residues or in the incineration system, as a new study by Swiss ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study finds evidence nanoparticles may increase plant DNA damage

(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) have provided the first evidence that engineered nanoparticles are ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

No future without scarce metals

It is not just in laptop computers, mobile telephones and LED screens that scarce metals are to be found but also in solar cells, batteries for mobile technologies and many other similar applications. The ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Quantum levitating (locking) video goes viral

(PhysOrg.com) -- A video created by researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel has the Internet buzzing. Though rather simple, it just looks really cool, hence all the attention. It’s a demonstration of ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 47 | with audio podcast weblog

Black holes: a model for superconductors?

Black holes are some of the heaviest objects in the universe. Electrons are some of the lightest. Now physicists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have shown how charged black holes can be ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 31 | with audio podcast

Superconductors face the future

Futuristic ideas for the use of superconductors, materials that allow electric current to flow without resistance, are myriad: long-distance, low-voltage electric grids with no transmission loss; fast, magnetically ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Designer optoelectronics - quantum mechanics for new materials

European researchers have combined computer modelling of quantum mechanics and precision fabrication processes to create novel transparent conductive oxides made to order for a wide range of scientific and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Superconductor breakthrough could power new advances (w/ Video)

 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first batch of a new range of powerful superconductors which could revolutionise the production of machines like hospital MRI scanners and protect the national grid has been developed ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (31) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Researcher modernizes US power grid

Although the U.S. electric power industry is one of the greatest engineering marvels of the 20th century, aging technology and an increase in demand create problems for the electricity infrastructure that need to be fixed. ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Quantum fluctuations are key in superconductors

(PhysOrg.com) -- New experiments on a recently discovered class of iron-based superconductors suggest that the ability of their electrons to conduct electricity without resistance is directly connected with the magnetic properties ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jan 08, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 90 | with audio podcast


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