Romania, EU launch works on world's most powerful laser
The European Union and Romania laid Friday the cornerstone of a research hub due to host the world's most powerful laser.
Jun 14, 2013
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Jun 14, 2013
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Silver lining advances understanding of next-generation nuclear fuel
(Phys.org) —The long search for the location of a rare element within nuclear fuel particles has ended. Researchers have finally pinpointed where silver congregates inside irradiated particles of a new ...
Jun 12, 2013
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Higgs Boson scientists win top Spanish prize
A British physicist and his Belgian colleague who all but identified the mysterious "God particle" that holds the universe together won a prestigious Spanish science prize on Wednesday.
May 29, 2013
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Success in initializing and reading nuclear spins brings quantum computer a step closer
A quantum computer is controlled by the laws of quantum physics; it promises to perform complicated calculations, or search large amounts of data, at a speed that exceeds by far those that today's fastest supercomputers are ...
Apr 30, 2013
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Semiconductor technology for particle accelerators
Corporate Technology (CT), Siemens global research department, has developed a new accelerator technology in cooperation with one of its strategic partners, the Russian research center Skolkovo, which is ...
Apr 29, 2013
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New imaging technology could reveal cellular secrets
(Phys.org) —Researchers have married two biological imaging technologies, creating a new way to learn how good cells go bad.
Apr 25, 2013
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Wind turbines operate under great turbulence, with consequences for grid stability
(Phys.org) —While previous research has shown that wind turbulence causes the power output of wind turbines to be intermittent, a new study has found that wind turbulence may have an even greater impact ...
Apr 19, 2013
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Scientists show how cracks propagate through thick and thin layers of frozen liquid water
Whether gas trapped under a frozen water layer flows through cracks or bursts out depends on the layer's depth and temperature, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The water ...
Apr 15, 2013
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Physicists and astronaut discuss cosmic ray detector's findings of possible signs of dark matter
Two MIT physicists and an alumnus who's a NASA astronaut spoke on campus earlier this week, describing an experiment that's been 18 years in the making and yielded its first significant results just last ...
Apr 11, 2013
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New sensor cable enables remote monitoring of miles of perimeter fencing
Airports, nuclear power stations, industrial and research sites, or even your own garden – there are many places that need to be protected against unauthorized access, and often protection is required 24 hours a day, seven ...
Mar 27, 2013
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A revolutionary 'nuclear battery' a step closer
(Phys.org) —Experts in nuclear physics at the University of Surrey have helped develop research towards a 'nuclear battery', which could revolutionize the concept of portable power by packing in up to a million times more ...
Mar 21, 2013
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Now confident: CERN physicists say new particle is Higgs boson (Update 3)
Physicists said Thursday they are now confident they have discovered a crucial subatomic particle known as a Higgs boson—a major discovery that will go a long ways toward helping them explain why the universe ...
Mar 14, 2013
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Russia admits no new life form found in Antarctic lake
Russian scientists on Saturday dismissed initial reports that they had found a wholly new type of bacteria in a mysterious subglacial lake in Antarctica. ...
Mar 09, 2013
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Russia finds 'new bacteria' in Antarctic lake
Russian scientists believe they have found a wholly new type of bacteria in the mysterious subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on Thursday.
Mar 07, 2013
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Searching for a twist in neutron spin axis, physicists find nothing—and that's something
(Phys.org) —Besides understanding how much dark matter and dark energy there is—about 95 percent of the universe—scientists also want to know more about what dark matter and dark energy are not, as ...
Mar 07, 2013
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