Measuring atoms for better navigation and mineral detection
Better navigation systems and tracking of minerals and water may be the result of a new discovery by physicists studying atom measurement devices.
Better navigation systems and tracking of minerals and water may be the result of a new discovery by physicists studying atom measurement devices.
General Physics
Nov 7, 2017
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Draw a figure eight in the air. It might feel like one swift movement. But in fact, the velocity of your hand and arm likely varies, traveling faster through the straight parts and slowing down during the curves.
Robotics
Nov 7, 2017
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Major research discoveries generate news headlines. But a research undertaking by one University of Connecticut engineering lab seeks to forestall some headlines of a different kind.
Engineering
Nov 7, 2017
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The Pantanal in central South America may not be as globally famous as the Amazon rainforest, but it has the continent's highest concentration of wildlife. Now, however, the region's endangered plants and animals, along with ...
Environment
Nov 7, 2017
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One of the strongest chemical bonds in organic chemistry is formed between carbon and fluorine, giving unique properties to chemical compounds featuring this group. Pharmaceutical researchers are very interested in carbon-fluorine ...
Materials Science
Nov 7, 2017
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The actin and myosin complex (actomyosin) generates contraction force of a muscle utilizing the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis reaction. Many attempts have thus been made to explain the molecular origin of the actomyosin ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 7, 2017
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A KAIST team reported ultra-flexible organic flash memory that is bendable down to a radius of 300 μm. The memory exhibits a significantly-long projected retention rate with a programming voltage on par with the present ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Nov 7, 2017
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Humans are completely dependent on plants and their products. Without plants, there would be no food to eat, no air to breathe and no clean water to drink. Plants give us building materials and fibres for paper, clothes and ...
Ecology
Nov 7, 2017
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German automaker Volkswagen and Google have announced plans to cooperate in exploring possible uses in the auto industry for quantum computers.
Quantum Physics
Nov 7, 2017
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Researchers have developed a technique that allows users to collect 100 times more spectrographic information per day from microfluidic devices, as compared to the previous industry standard. The novel technology has already ...
Materials Science
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