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Researchers discover proton diode

Biophysicists in Bochum have discovered a diode for protons: just like the electronic component determines the direction of flow of electric current, the "proton diode" ensures that protons can only pass through ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

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MAJORANA, the search for the most elusive neutrino of all

(Phys.org) -- In a cavern almost a mile underground in the Black Hills, an experiment called the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, 40 kilograms of pure germanium crystals enclosed in deep-freeze cryostat modules, will ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Toward Plastic Spin Transistors

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah physicists successfully controlled an electrical current using the "spin" within electrons – a step toward building an organic "spin transistor": a plastic semiconductor ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 17, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (33) | comments 0

Gene silencer and quantum dots reduce protein production to a whisper

More than 15 years ago scientists discovered a way to stop a particular gene in its tracks. The Nobel Prize-winning finding holds tantalizing promise for medical science, but so far it has been difficult to ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 23, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 1

Microbial fuel cells turn on the juice

The combination of beer, wastewater, microbes, fuel cells, high school students and teachers sounds like a witches’ brew for an old –fashioned, illicit ‘60s beach party.

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created Dec 05, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0


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