News tagged with macro world

Argonne scientists to control attractive force for nanoelectromechanical systems

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are developing a way to control the Casimir force, a quantum mechanical force, which attracts objects when they are only hundred nanometers apart.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Article examines rare quantum physics effect

(PhysOrg.com) -- There's nothing University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Herman Batelaan likes more than a challenge. And there are few areas of science more challenging than working at the sub-atomic, or ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (31) | comments 8




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Cultural inertia is slowing effective action to address climate-change

Resistance at individual and societal levels must be recognized and treated before real action can be taken to effectively address threats facing the planet from human-caused contributions to climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Researchers combine mobile phone technology and microscopy

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an optical accessory that turns an ordinary camera phone into a high-resolution microscope. The device is accurate to one hundredth of a millimetre. Among those who will ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

An eye for the tsetse fly

(PhysOrg.com) -- Geoffrey M. Attardo was one of those little boys who made pets of the spiders outside his bedroom window, feeding them and watching as they spun intricate webs. Age has not diminished his ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Searching for a solid that flows like a liquid

(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of neutron scattering experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other research centers is exploring the key question about a long-sought quantum state of matter called supersolidity: ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Sweden's Ericsson says Q4 profits dropped

(AP) -- LM Ericsson, the world-leading wireless equipment maker in terms of market share, on Wednesday shocked the market by posting a much worse-than-expected fourth-quarterly result, mainly blaming operators for turning ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sensing the deep ocean

(PhysOrg.com) -- Futuristic robots may be coming soon to an ocean near you. Sensorbots are spherical devices equipped with biogeochemical sensors, that promise to open a new chapter in the notoriously challenging ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

X-ray techniques help art historians verify Rembrandt sketch

(PhysOrg.com) -- Advanced imaging technology from the Brookhaven Labs and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble has revealed an authentic Rembrandt self-portrait in an art authenticity ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 04, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Into the magnetic blue yonder

Probing the quantum mechanics of magnetism is not for the faint of heart. Literally. The door to Madalina Furis’ laboratory on the fifth floor of the Cook Building has a sign that reads “Stop! No ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Researchers unravel the mystery of quantum dot blinking

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by Los Alamos scientists published today in the journal Nature documents significant progress in understanding the phenomenon of quantum-dot blinking. Their findings should enhanc ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cyber workshop at Sandia Labs seeks potential responses to cyberattacks

Among other dubious achievements, hackers have stolen identities, broken into bank accounts and breached computer systems of military contractors. They could conceivably interrupt water or electricity service to targeted ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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