News tagged with fractionated
New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 17, 2009 |
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A trillion triangles: New computer methods reveal secrets of ancient math problem
Mathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics problem. The advance was made possible by a clever technique for ...
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Cross-Dressing Rubidium May Reveal Clues for Exotic Computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Neutral atoms--having no net electric charge--usually don't act very dramatically around a magnetic field. But by “dressing them up” with light, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaborative ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Origins of sulfur in rocks tells early oxygen story
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sedimentary rocks created more than 2.4 billion years ago sometimes have an unusual sulfur isotope composition thought to be caused by the action of ultra violet light on volcanically produced ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Adult brain processes fractions 'effortlessly'
Although fractions are thought to be a difficult mathematical concept to learn, the adult brain encodes them automatically without conscious thought, according to new research in the April 8 issue of The Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Packing it all in for the holidays: Scientists see how many polyhedrons can fit into a box
Whether it is Christmas shoppers mailing last minute gifts, or a steelyard dispatching ball bearings to factories, everyone wants to maximize the number of objects that fit into a container. Naturally the ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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US petroleum dependency factor of history
When the Drake Oil Well in Titusville, Pennsylvania began seeping crude oil 150 years ago, humanity allowed itself to become engulfed in the ecology of oil, according to a Penn State environmental historian. Now in the midst ...
Feb 14, 2009 |
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Scientists demonstrate the power of optical forces in blood cell identification
(PhysOrg.com) -- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers Dr. Sean J. Hart, Dr. Colin G. Hebert and Mr. Alex Terray have developed a laser-based analysis method that can detect optical pressure differences ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Wet ethanol production process yields more ethanol and more co-products
Using a wet ethanol production method that begins by soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, results in more gallons of ethanol and more usable co-products, giving ethanol producers a bigger bang for their buck - ...
Nov 09, 2009 |
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