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Graphene earns its stripes: New nanoscale electronic state discovered on graphene sheets

Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) have discovered electronic stripes, called 'charge density waves', on the surface of the graphene sheets that make up a graphitic superconductor. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Spirit Healthy but Computer Reboots Raise Concerns

(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is examining data received from Spirit in recent days to diagnose why the rover apparently rebooted its computer at least twice over ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Researchers develop method that shows diverse complex networks have similar skeletons

Northwestern University researchers are the first to discover that very different complex networks -- ranging from global air traffic to neural networks -- share very similar backbones. By stripping each network down to its ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Human-like spine morphology found in aquatic eel fossil

For decades, scientists believed that a spine with multiple segments was an exclusive feature of land-dwelling animals. But the discovery of the same anatomical feature in a 345-million-year-old eel suggests ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Calling familiar assumptions into question results in better materials design

(Phys.org) -- Carbon and fluorine are at the heart of a family of chemical compounds that can be used for nonstick coatings, blood substitutes, and seemingly everything in between.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An unlikely route to ferroelectricity

(Phys.org) -- Ferroelectricity, which was first observed in the 1940s, is an interesting phenomenon involving the spontaneous (non-induced) formation of charge polarization (separation of charge) in certain ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Simulated skiers reveal mountain traffic jams

Millions of skiers and snowboarders escape to the mountains every winter, but some everyday stresses -- like traffic jams -- are unavoidable even on the slopes. In plenty of time to prepare for next season, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The secrets of the system

As the United States seeks to reinvigorate its job market and move past economic recession, MIT News examines manufacturing’s role in the country’s economic future through this series on work at the Institute ...

Technology / Software

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

At smallest scale, liquid crystal behavior portends new materials

Liquid crystals, the state of matter that makes possible the flat screen technology now commonly used in televisions and computers, may have some new technological tricks in store.

Physics / General Physics

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A protein that regulates fat cell production and cell division

Swiss scientists have teased out the role that a protein known as SMRT plays in regulating the production of fat cells. And in the process, they made another, unexpected discovery; this protein also plays ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solar thermal process produces cement with no carbon dioxide emissions

(Phys.org) -- While the largest contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions is the power industry, the second largest is the more often overlooked cement industry, which accounts for 5-6% of all ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

Understanding of radiation damage LEAPs forward

A faint nightclub beat greets visitors to a small room housing the Localized Electron Atom Probe (LEAP). But that’s no stereo cranking out house music; it’s a rhythmic pump cooling a tiny sample ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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