Search results for author:(Stuart Mason Dambrot)

Bio & Medicine Nov 27, 2013

Express yourself: Scientists use genetic algorithm to design self-assembling ssDNA-grafted particles

(Phys.org) —Material design usually follows what is known as the Edisonian method, a traditional process characterized by trial-and-error discovery rather than a systematic theoretical approach. While this may be somewhat ...

Nanomaterials Nov 5, 2013

Better, faster, simpler: Depositing graphene directly onto flexible substrates

(Phys.org) —The wunderkind material graphene is a one-atom thick layer of graphite (another crystalline form of carbon) in which carbon atoms are arranged in a regular hexagonal pattern. Being very strong, light, nearly ...

Nanophysics Oct 30, 2013

Through a nanopore, ionically: Graphene quantum transistor for next-generation DNA sensing

(Phys.org) —In the ongoing quest to devise faster, lower-cost methods for sequencing the human genome, scientists at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign have developed a novel approach: DNA molecules are sensed ...

Quantum Physics Oct 18, 2013

Feynman wasn't joking: Modeling quantum dynamics with ground state wavefunctions

(Phys.org) —Amongst the late Richard Feynman's many prolific and profound contributions to quantum mechanics, the eponymous Feynman clock is perhaps one of the more innovative. Conceived as a solution to the problem of ...

General Physics Oct 2, 2013

The lightness of being: Smaller computer logic components through photon-molecule interaction

In the unending effort to reduce the size of computing nodes, scientists at University of Liège, Belgium, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, University of Padova, Italy, and University of California, Los Angeles have employed ...

Biotechnology Sep 25, 2013

Getting here from there: Mitochondrial genome clarifies North American migration models

(Phys.org) —It is generally agreed that the ancestors of modern Native Americans were Asian peoples who migrated to North America from Siberia and Beringia – a region proximate to the Bering Strait, Bering Sea and Chukchi ...

General Physics Aug 20, 2013

Planes, trains and molecules: Deriving a generic routing algorithm from the physics of interacting polymers

Finding a single optimal route is easy, but optimizing the combination of multiple routes is a challenge found in a wide range of applications including Internet instant messaging, peer-to-peer networks, subway traffic, airport ...

Social Sciences Aug 9, 2013

The world according to Itskov: Futurists convene at GF2045 (Part 2)

As many Phys.org readers undoubtedly know, Einstein famously said that imagination is more important than knowledge – but there's more to it. The full quote reads: I believe in intuition and inspiration. … At times I ...

Social Sciences Aug 1, 2013

The world according to Itskov: Futurists convene at GF2045 (Part 1)

As many Phys.org readers undoubtedly know, Einstein famously said that imagination is more important than knowledge – but there's more to it.

Quantum Physics Jul 31, 2013

Towards a global quantum network: Photoelectron trapping in double quantum dots

(Phys.org) —While the journey from today's fledgling quantum computers to a global quantum information network may seem daunting, researchers are continually, and at an accelerating pace, making progress towards that goal. ...

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