If it wiggles, it must be jellyfish swimming -- or atoms moving in glass
The scientist who first compared the movements of atoms in glass to the wiggling of jellyfish in water has won the top award in the field of glass science.
The scientist who first compared the movements of atoms in glass to the wiggling of jellyfish in water has won the top award in the field of glass science.
Condensed Matter
Jul 3, 2007
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Electromagnetically-induced transparency, or EIT, has been known in the visible realm for quite some time. The process is used to control such characteristics as dispersion and absorption in gases, allowing the gases to become ...
In some regions of Central Europe, salad dressing is made preferably with pumpkin seed oil, which has a strong characteristic nutty flavor and striking color properties. Indeed, in a bottle it appears red, but it looks green ...
Other
Jul 3, 2007
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Teleportation, a concept popularised in the original Star Trek television series, is edging closer to reality through work being conducted by theorists from The University of Queensland and Australian National University.
General Physics
Jul 3, 2007
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Imagine wearing a smart T-shirt or a suit embedded with tiny electronics that can monitor your heart or respiratory function wirelessly. When dirty, you take it off and throw it in the wash or have it dry-cleaned.
Other
Jul 3, 2007
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A Cardiff University research collaboration is working to recycle precious metals from road dusts and vehicle exhausts to create greener energy.
Jul 3, 2007
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For the first time, scientists have used satellite images to demonstrate a link between rapid city growth and rainfall patterns, as well as to assess compliance with an international treaty to protect wetlands. The results ...
Environment
Jul 3, 2007
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The ingenious system called adaptive optics, known for its computer control of subdivided, individually angled mirrors, is an efficient but expensive way to correct distortions in laser beams. The mirrors automatically adjust ...
General Physics
Jul 3, 2007
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Hundreds of thousands of vibrant blue and red stars are visible in this new image of galaxy NGC 4449 taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Astronomy
Jul 3, 2007
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Cornell researchers have answered a fundamental question about how two strands of DNA, known as a double helix, separate to start a process called replication, in which genes copy themselves.
Jul 3, 2007
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