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Actinide research published in Reviews of Modern Physics

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Livermore researcher who teamed with a United Kingdom collaborator has published an article in Reviews of Modern Physics that refines decades of actinide science and may just become the preeminent research ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0




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10 million years needed to recover from mass extinction

(Phys.org) -- It took some 10 million years for Earth to recover from the greatest mass extinction of all time, latest research has revealed.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

International team to demonstrate first heralded single-photon generation from a silicon chip

An international consortium of researchers has overcome an important barrier to the generation of single photons using a tiny, chip-scale device constructed from the most widely used material underpinning ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research breakthrough takes supercomputing out of the lab

In the age of high-speed computing, the photon is king. However, producing the finely tuned particles of light is a complex and time-consuming process, until now.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Marine scientists urge government to reassess oil spill response

On the second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, a national panel of researchers including University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye is urging the federal government to reassess how it ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Inequality and investment bubbles

"Money, it's a gas," says the sixties rock group Pink Floyd in their song "Money." Indeed, physics professor Victor Yakovenko is an expert in statistical physics and studies how the flow of money and the distribution ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Probing hydrogen under extreme conditions

(Phys.org) -- How hydrogen--the most abundant element in the cosmos--responds to extremes of pressure and temperature is one of the major challenges in modern physical science. Moreover, knowledge gleaned ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Why are action stars more likely to be Republican?

Fighting ability, largely determined by upper body strength, continues to rule the minds of modern men, according to a new study by Aaron Sell from Griffith University in Australia and colleagues. Their work explores the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 12

Laboratory astrophysics

(PhysOrg.com) -- The term "laboratory astrophysics" might sound like an oxymoron; after all, how can equipment in a small room possibly simulate cosmic effects seen in the vastness of space. But in fact, much ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers develop blueprint for nuclear clock accurate over billions of years

A clock accurate to within a tenth of a second over 14 billion years – the age of the universe – is the goal of research being reported this week by scientists from three different institutions. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Ice giant planets have more water volume than believed

(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea of compressing water is foreign to our daily experience. Nevertheless, an accurate estimate of water’s shrinking volume under the huge gravitational pressures of  large planets is essential ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast


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