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Time reversal: A simple particle could reveal new physics

(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple atomic nucleus could reveal properties associated with the mysterious phenomenon known as time reversal and lead to an explanation for one of the greatest mysteries of physics: the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (40) | comments 128 | with audio podcast

Opening the Door for CO2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, factory smokestacks that produced nothing but carbon dioxide and water vapor were considered exemplary. Now CO2 has become notorious as a greenhouse gas, and the danger of climate change has ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 4




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Casting for molecules

Many of the larger molecules have something in common with dolls - movable limbs. Physicists at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin can now sort molecules according to the direction ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0


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