News tagged with electron interactions

Energy in action: For two molecules on blind date, new method predicts potential for attraction or repulsion

(Phys.org) -- Krzysztof Szalewicz, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware, and Rafal Podeszwa of the University of Silesia Institute of Chemistry in Poland have developed and validated ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biochip measures glucose in saliva, not blood

For the 26 million Americans with diabetes, drawing blood is the most prevalent way to check glucose levels. It is invasive and at least minimally painful. Researchers at Brown University are working on a ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

VeriFone signs taxi ad deal with NBC

(AP) -- Cab riders in New York and other big cities may soon be able to buy movie tickets and other items while in taxis, paying with the same system that charges credit cards for cab fare.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study of switching behavior in differential dual spin valves reveals the role of interlayer couplings

Spin valves are essential building blocks in the magnetic sensors of read heads in hard disk drives. They consist of two magnetic layers separated by a non-magnetic layer and act as valves for electrons depending ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

eBay eyes investments in Japan and China: report

Online auction house eBay is on the look-out for investment targets in Japan and China, a report said Thursday, as it seeks to expand in fast-growing Asia.

Technology / Business

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research team devises better method for mapping orbitals of molecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists comprised of members from IBM Research in Switzerland and the University of Liverpool in the U.K. have figured out a way to improve on results obtained using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Physicists report progress in understanding high-temperature superconductors

Although high-temperature superconductors are widely used in technologies such as MRI machines, explaining the unusual properties of these materials remains an unsolved problem for theoretical physicists. Major progress in ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Tunnel view of how electrons play

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrons behave like football teams: the match becomes interesting when the teamwork is as good as that conjured up by the players of FC Barcelona. Electrons which interact strongly with ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Superconductivity's third side unmasked

The debate over the mechanism that causes superconductivity in a class of materials called the pnictides has been settled by a research team from Japan and China. Superconductivity was discovered in the pnictides ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 42 | with audio podcast

Electronic Arts merging big games, gadgets

US videogame publishing titan Electronic Arts is merging blockbuster titles with social play, popular new gadgets and downloadable content in a changing world of interactive entertainment.

Technology / Software

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Team calculates the role of buried layers in few-layer epitaxial graphene

A CNST-led collaboration with the University of Maryland and the University of Texas has computed how electrostatic interactions between electrons in different layers of few-layer graphene affect the properties ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Xbox 360 with Kinect shows off new tricks at E3

Microsoft on Monday added YouTube, voice commands, television shows and more to its Xbox 360 with Kinect as the hot-selling videogame console matures into an entertainment center for all.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Testing technicolor physics

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ramps up the rate and impact of its collisions, physicists hope to witness the emergence of the Higgs boson, an anticipated, but as-yet-unseen, fundamental ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Videogame giant EA buys Australia mobile game star

US videogame titan Electronic Arts (EA) on Tuesday announced it is buying the Australian mobile game maker behind hit titles "Flight Control" and "Real Racing" for play on iPhones or iPads.

Technology / Business

created May 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

eBay to buy GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion

Online auction giant eBay announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire GSI Commerce, a provider of electronic commerce and interactive marketing services, for $29.25 a share or $2.4 billion.

Technology / Business

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0