News tagged with violin strings

Japan scientist makes violin strings from spider silk

A Japanese scientist said he has made violin strings out of spider silk and claims that -- in the right hands -- they produce a beautiful sound.

Chemistry / Polymers

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 13

'Nano violin string' made of vibrating carbon nanotube (w/ Video)

Researchers at TU Delft, The Netherlands, have succeeded in measuring the influence of a single electron on a vibrating carbon nanotube. This research can be important for work such as the development of ultra-small ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Physicists demonstrate quantum entanglement in mechanical system

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated entanglement--a phenomenon peculiar to the atomic-scale quantum world--in a mechanical system similar to those in the macroscopic ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 3