News tagged with magnetic behaviour

Honeycombs of magnets could lead to new type of computer processing

Scientists have taken an important step forward in developing a new material using nano-sized magnets that could ultimately lead to new types of electronic devices, with greater capacity than is currently ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Brain scans reveal differences in brain structure in teenagers with severe antisocial behavior

Brain scans of aggressive and antisocial teenage boys with conduct disorder (CD) have revealed differences in the structure of the developing brain that could link to their behaviour problems.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

Brain biology linked to severe teenage antisocial behaviour

The onset of severe antisocial behaviour in teenagers may be more than just 'falling in with the wrong crowd'. A new study jointly funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council (MRC) reveals ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Graphite mimics iron's magnetism

Researchers of Eindhoven University of Technology and the Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands show for the first time why ordinary graphite is a permanent magnet at room temperature. The results ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 1




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Advancing quantum computing

European researchers have made important advances in understanding the major stumbling block to realisation of quantum computers, a phenomenon known as decoherence.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Photonics: Beam me up

'Tractor beams' of light that pull objects towards them are no longer science fiction. Haifeng Wang at the A*STAR Data Storage Institute and co-workers have now demonstrated how a tractor beam can in fact be realized on a ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Bacterial builders on site for computer construction

(Phys.org) -- Forget computer viruses - magnet-making bacteria could be used to build tomorrow’s computers with larger hard drives and speedier connections.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Electrons doing the splits

Observations of a 'single' electron apparently splitting into two independent entities -- so-called quasi-particles -- are reported in this week’s Nature.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (33) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Pigeons' navigation skill not down to iron-rich beak cells: study

The theory that pigeons' famous skill at navigation is down to iron-rich nerve cells in their beaks has been disproved by a new study published in Nature.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

First patent on low density parity check coding with soft decision decoding for spin-torque transfer MRAM

Researchers at the A*STAR, Data Storage Institute (DSI), have filed a patent on low-density parity-check (LDPC) coding with soft decision decoding, which is an advanced error correction coding scheme for spin-torque transfer ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Earth's magnetic field provides vital protection

(PhysOrg.com) -- A chance alignment of planets during a passing gust of the solar wind has allowed scientists to compare the protective effects of Earth’s magnetic field with that of Mars’ naked ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Resetting the future of MRAM

In close collaboration with colleagues from Bochum, Germany, and the Netherlands, researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany, have developed a novel, extremely thin structure made of various magnetic ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Ants can learn vibrational and magnetic landmarks

(PhysOrg.com) -- Foraging desert ants always find their way back to the nest, even when it is only marked by a magnetic cue, vibration, or carbon dioxide.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A traffic jam of quantum particles

(PhysOrg.com) -- German scientists discover surprising transport phenomena in ultracold quantum many body systems.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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