(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as the heartbeats of today's electronic devices depend on the ability to switch the flow of electricity in semiconductors on and off with lightning speed, the viability of the "spintronic" devices of ...
General Physics
Feb 5, 2010
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NASA is looking forward to unprecedented scientific opportunities aboard the International Space Station. With station assembly nearing completion, the ISS Partnership is looking forward to using the station to its fullest ...
Space Exploration
Feb 5, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The star TW Hydrae is located about 150 light-years from earth in the direction of the constellation of Hydrae, the Water Snake. This star is relatively young -- at about 10 million years old it has passed ...
Astronomy
Feb 5, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A major hurdle in the ambitious quest to design and construct a radically new kind of quantum computer has been finding a way to manipulate the single electrons that very likely will constitute the new machines' ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 5, 2010
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(AP) -- NASA has cleared space shuttle Endeavour for liftoff Sunday.
Space Exploration
Feb 5, 2010
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The entry of oil companies into the realm of renewable energy could present major obstacles for the development of a sustainable economy that is not based on carbon resources, according to a report in the International Journal ...
Economics & Business
Feb 5, 2010
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An Australian nun has taken to Twitter on behalf of saint-in-waiting Mary MacKillop, bringing the late sister's messages of hope and forgiveness to a new audience a century after she died.
Internet
Feb 5, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fraunhofer researchers will be presenting fast and easy-to-use search technologies for mobile devices at the 2010 Mobile World Congress.
Software
Feb 5, 2010
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In 2008, David Mindell, the Frances and David Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing; professor of aeronautics and astronautics; and director of MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society, ...
Space Exploration
Feb 5, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent state of the roads is a clear illustration of what happens when water freezes into crystals of ice. But despite its frequent occurrence, the crystallisation of water is remarkably difficult to ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 5, 2010
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