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Leading edge vortex allows bats to stay aloft 
USC aerodynamics expert Geoff Spedding has observed for the first time how bats lift and hover, just like insects
USC aerodynamics expert Geoff Spedding has observed for the first time how bats lift and hover, just like insects
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Mar 03, 2008, 10:16am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Mar 03, 2008, 10:16am
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Physicists discover gold can be magnetic on the nanoscale
Physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have made important findings regarding gold on the nanoscale. They found that applying an electrical field on a surface-supported gold nanocluster changes its structure from a three-dimensional one to a planar flat structure.
Physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have made important findings regarding gold on the nanoscale. They found that applying an electrical field on a surface-supported gold nanocluster changes its structure from a three-dimensional one to a planar flat structure.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Mar 03, 2008, 10:16am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Mar 03, 2008, 10:16am
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Last large piece of ATLAS detector lowered underground
Today Brandeis researchers in the U.S. ATLAS collaboration joined colleagues around the world to celebrate a pivotal landmark in the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – the lowering of the final piece of the ATLAS particle detector into the underground collision hall at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
Today Brandeis researchers in the U.S. ATLAS collaboration joined colleagues around the world to celebrate a pivotal landmark in the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – the lowering of the final piece of the ATLAS particle detector into the underground collision hall at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Saturday, Mar 01, 2008, 10:41am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Saturday, Mar 01, 2008, 10:41am
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Steps towards warship invisibility
Naval warships might look like all-powerful vessels but they are also highly vulnerable to being spotted by the enemy.
Naval warships might look like all-powerful vessels but they are also highly vulnerable to being spotted by the enemy.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Feb 29, 2008, 10:14am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Feb 29, 2008, 10:14am
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Teleportation? Very Possible. Next Up: Time Travel.
Some of the most far-out sci-fi is eminently do-able.
Some of the most far-out sci-fi is eminently do-able.
Physics
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Friday, Feb 29, 2008, 7:55am
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Friday, Feb 29, 2008, 7:55am
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Engineering the world's fastest swimsuit
A highly specialised computer modelling technique developed at The University of Nottingham has been instrumental in the design of a revolutionary new swimsuit which is now being hailed as the fastest in the world.
A highly specialised computer modelling technique developed at The University of Nottingham has been instrumental in the design of a revolutionary new swimsuit which is now being hailed as the fastest in the world.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Feb 29, 2008, 7:55am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Feb 29, 2008, 7:55am
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Could the Next Einstein Be a Surfer Dude?
Six iconoclasts who could revolutionize physics—again.
Six iconoclasts who could revolutionize physics—again.
Physics
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008, 8:51am
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008, 8:51am
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Americans Say 'No' to Nano
Many Americans find nanotechnology "morally unacceptable," study says.
Many Americans find nanotechnology "morally unacceptable," study says.
Physics
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008, 8:51am
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Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008, 8:51am
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20 Things You Didn't Know About... Relativity
Galileo invented it, Einstein understood it, and Eddington saw it.
Galileo invented it, Einstein understood it, and Eddington saw it.
Physics
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008, 8:19am
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008, 8:19am
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Crystal bells stay silent as physicists look for dark matter
Scientists of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment today announced that they have regained the lead in the worldwide race to find the particles that make up dark matter. The CDMS experiment, conducted a half-mile underground in a mine in Soudan, Minn., again sets the world’s best constraints on the properties of dark matter candidates.
Scientists of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment today announced that they have regained the lead in the worldwide race to find the particles that make up dark matter. The CDMS experiment, conducted a half-mile underground in a mine in Soudan, Minn., again sets the world’s best constraints on the properties of dark matter candidates.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Feb 25, 2008, 10:09am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Feb 25, 2008, 10:09am
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Electron filmed for first time ever
Now it is possible to see a movie of an electron. The movie shows how an electron rides on a light wave after just having been pulled away from an atom. This is the first time an electron has ever been filmed, and the results are presented in the latest issue of Physical Review Letters.
Now it is possible to see a movie of an electron. The movie shows how an electron rides on a light wave after just having been pulled away from an atom. This is the first time an electron has ever been filmed, and the results are presented in the latest issue of Physical Review Letters.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Saturday, Feb 23, 2008, 10:30am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Saturday, Feb 23, 2008, 10:30am
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Cosmic coincidence spotted
An absurdly large number could hold the key to universal mysteries.
An absurdly large number could hold the key to universal mysteries.
Physics
Source: Nature
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008, 8:34am
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Source: Nature
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008, 8:34am
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Astronomy technology brings nanoparticle probes into sharper focus
While pondering the challenges of distinguishing one nano-sized probe image from another in a mass of hundreds or thousands of nanoprobes, researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University made an interesting observation. The tiny, clustered dots of light looked a lot like a starry sky on a clear night.
While pondering the challenges of distinguishing one nano-sized probe image from another in a mass of hundreds or thousands of nanoprobes, researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University made an interesting observation. The tiny, clustered dots of light looked a lot like a starry sky on a clear night.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008, 8:14am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008, 8:14am
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Strengthening fluids with nanoparticles
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have demonstrated that liquids embedded with nanoparticles show enhanced performance and stability when exposed to electric fields. The finding could lead to new types of miniature camera lenses, cell phone displays, and other microscale fluidic devices.
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have demonstrated that liquids embedded with nanoparticles show enhanced performance and stability when exposed to electric fields. The finding could lead to new types of miniature camera lenses, cell phone displays, and other microscale fluidic devices.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008, 8:13am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008, 8:13am
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The most intense laser in the Universe
A record-breaking beam has been developed at the University of Michigan. Nature News finds out how powerful it is, and what it will be used for.
A record-breaking beam has been developed at the University of Michigan. Nature News finds out how powerful it is, and what it will be used for.
MIT physicist to describe strange world of quarks, gluons
One of the great theoretical challenges facing physicists is understanding how the tiniest elementary particles give rise to most of the mass in the visible universe.
One of the great theoretical challenges facing physicists is understanding how the tiniest elementary particles give rise to most of the mass in the visible universe.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Feb 18, 2008, 12:24pm
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Feb 18, 2008, 12:24pm
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Precision clock traps atoms in light to keep time
U.S. physicists have made a clock so accurate it will neither gain nor lose even a second in more than 200 million years, a finding sure to please even the most punctually minded.
U.S. physicists have made a clock so accurate it will neither gain nor lose even a second in more than 200 million years, a finding sure to please even the most punctually minded.
Physics
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Saturday, Feb 16, 2008, 11:58am
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Source: Reuters
Posted on: Saturday, Feb 16, 2008, 11:58am
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A Kilogram Just Ain't What It Used To Be
The archetypal kilogram is losing mass, and no one knows why.
The archetypal kilogram is losing mass, and no one knows why.
Physics
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 14, 2008, 8:18am
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 14, 2008, 8:18am
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From Russia with scintillation
This week, one of the most ambitious and unusual bulk orders in science will finally be filled. At a former Soviet weapons plant in the Russian town of Bogoroditsk, workers will pull from one of their 159 ovens the last of thousands of highly specialized crystals being produced for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS). The CMS, a scientific instrument the size of a building, is being assembled at CERN, the European particle-physics laboratory outside Geneva in Switzerland.
This week, one of the most ambitious and unusual bulk orders in science will finally be filled. At a former Soviet weapons plant in the Russian town of Bogoroditsk, workers will pull from one of their 159 ovens the last of thousands of highly specialized crystals being produced for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS). The CMS, a scientific instrument the size of a building, is being assembled at CERN, the European particle-physics laboratory outside Geneva in Switzerland.
MIT reveals superconducting surprise
MIT physicists have taken a step toward understanding the puzzling nature of high-temperature superconductors, materials that conduct electricity with no resistance at temperatures well above absolute zero.
MIT physicists have taken a step toward understanding the puzzling nature of high-temperature superconductors, materials that conduct electricity with no resistance at temperatures well above absolute zero.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 13, 2008, 11:24am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Feb 13, 2008, 11:24am
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Why anyone can make a sandcastle
Max Planck researcher from Gottingen achieve a high level of understanding of the complex structure of moist granules.
Max Planck researcher from Gottingen achieve a high level of understanding of the complex structure of moist granules.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Feb 11, 2008, 2:21pm
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Monday, Feb 11, 2008, 2:21pm
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Preventing Concussions
A new football helmet could help players avoid brain injuries.
A new football helmet could help players avoid brain injuries.
Physics
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Monday, Feb 11, 2008, 9:44am
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Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Monday, Feb 11, 2008, 9:44am
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What is Relativity?
Albert Einstein was famous for many things, but his greatest brainchild is the theory of relativity. It forever changed our understanding of space and time.
Albert Einstein was famous for many things, but his greatest brainchild is the theory of relativity. It forever changed our understanding of space and time.
Physics
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Monday, Feb 11, 2008, 9:43am
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Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Monday, Feb 11, 2008, 9:43am
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Racing ahead at the speed of light
Imagine trying to catch up to something moving close to the speed of light - the fastest anything can move - and sending ahead information in time to make mid-path flight corrections. Impossible? Not quite.
Imagine trying to catch up to something moving close to the speed of light - the fastest anything can move - and sending ahead information in time to make mid-path flight corrections. Impossible? Not quite.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 07, 2008, 10:00am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 07, 2008, 10:00am
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The Cutting Edge in Topology Research: Strings in a Box
A simple box turned by a motor shows the complexity of knot formation.
A simple box turned by a motor shows the complexity of knot formation.
Physics
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008, 9:44am
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Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Tuesday, Feb 05, 2008, 9:44am
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Crystal coat warms up LED light
Topping LEDs with a coating of carefully tuned nanocrystals makes their light warmer and less clinical, a new study shows. The researchers argue this is a must for energy-efficient LED lights to make headway in the commercial market.
Topping LEDs with a coating of carefully tuned nanocrystals makes their light warmer and less clinical, a new study shows. The researchers argue this is a must for energy-efficient LED lights to make headway in the commercial market.
Physics
Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Feb 04, 2008, 3:57pm
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Source: New Scientist
Posted on: Monday, Feb 04, 2008, 3:57pm
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Lasers Make Other Metals Look Like Gold
All that glitters golden is not gold. It could be aluminum. Or tungsten. Or another metal of Chunlei Guo’s choosing.
All that glitters golden is not gold. It could be aluminum. Or tungsten. Or another metal of Chunlei Guo’s choosing.
Paper in Science shows how some solids mimic liquids on nanoscale
A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale.
A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Feb 01, 2008, 9:19am
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Friday, Feb 01, 2008, 9:19am
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Magnetism loses under pressure
Scientists have discovered that the magnetic strength of magnetite—the most abundant magnetic mineral on Earth—declines drastically when put under pressure.
Scientists have discovered that the magnetic strength of magnetite—the most abundant magnetic mineral on Earth—declines drastically when put under pressure.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:10pm
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:10pm
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Physicists explain dance marathon of wispy feature in roiling fluids
Theoretical physicists at the University of Chicago are suggesting how thin spouts of magma in the Earth's mantle can persist long enough to form hotspot volcanism of the type that might have created the Hawaiian Islands.
Theoretical physicists at the University of Chicago are suggesting how thin spouts of magma in the Earth's mantle can persist long enough to form hotspot volcanism of the type that might have created the Hawaiian Islands.
Physics
Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:08pm
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Source: EurekAlert
Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:08pm
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