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Physics news
Improved X-ray microscopy makes fluctuations visible
X-ray microscopy requires radiation of extremely high quality. In order to obtain sharp images instrument and sample must stay absolutely immobile even at the nanometer scale during the recording. Researchers ...
Physics / General Physics
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Does probability come from quantum physics?
(Phys.org)—Ever since Austrian scientist Erwin Schrodinger put his unfortunate cat in a box, his fellow physicists have been using something called quantum theory to explain and understand the nature of waves and particles.
Physics / Quantum Physics
Feb 05, 2013 |
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The birth of a very-high-field superconductor
The strong magnetic fields of an MRI scanner or a particle accelerator are generated efficiently by electromagnets that have superconducting wire in their coils. A group of scientists has discovered how to ...
Physics / Superconductivity
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Next-gen e-readers: Improved 'peacock' technology could lock in color for high-res displays
Iridescence, or sheen that shifts color depending on your viewing angle, is pretty in peacock feathers. But it's been a nuisance for engineers trying to mimic the birds' unique color mechanism to make high-resolution, reflective, ...
Physics / Optics & Photonics
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Scientists develop new materials for board-level photonics
Today at the Photonics West conference, Dow Corning and IBM scientists unveiled a major step in photonics, using a new type of polymer material to transmit light instead of electrical signals within supercomputers ...
Physics / Optics & Photonics
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Can you predict how a disease will spread in a population?
How, when and where a pathogen is transmitted between two individuals in a population is crucial in understanding and predicting how a disease will spread. New research has laid the foundation for a new generation of zoonotic ...
Physics / General Physics
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Robustness of ITER's solenoid conductor confirmed
(Phys.org)—After an intensive effort to improve the capability of ITER's central solenoid conductor, the ITER Organization has concluded that a technically reliable and economically viable solution has been found. This ...
Physics / General Physics
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Using fibre lasers for ground-breaking particle acceleration technologies
Scientists from the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at the University of Southampton are part of an international project that is investigating the use of fibre lasers in ground-breaking particle accelerator technologies, ...
Physics / General Physics
Feb 05, 2013 |
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Human hearing beats the Fourier uncertainty principle
(Phys.org)—For the first time, physicists have found that humans can discriminate a sound's frequency (related to a note's pitch) and timing (whether a note comes before or after another note) more than ...
Physics / General Physics
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Into the quantum internet at the speed of light
Not only do optical fibers transmit information every day around the world at the speed of light, but they can also be harnessed for the transport of quantum information. In the current issue of Nature Ph ...
Physics / Optics & Photonics
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Quantum microscope for living biology
(Phys.org)—A team of Australian scientists has developed a powerful microscope using the laws of quantum mechanics to probe the inner workings of living cells.
Physics / Optics & Photonics
Feb 04, 2013 |
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First light from the first high-energy superconducting undulator
(Phys.org)—More than eight years of effort by Advanced Photon Source (APS) physicists, engineers, and technicians culminated on Jan. 21, 2013, with the production of the first X-rays from the prototype ...
Physics / General Physics
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Researchers use DNA to make crystals that can switch configurations
(Phys.org)—Beyond serving as the backbone of modern biology, DNA has come to be a molecule of great interest to engineers. That a DNA sequence will naturally bind only with a complementary sequence could make it part of ...
Physics / Condensed Matter
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Physics duo offer explanation of why tiny bubbles last longer on a surface
(Phys.org)—Physicists in The Netherlands, Detlef Lohse and Joost Weijs of the University of Twente, have offered an explanation of why nano-sized bubbles last considerably longer when sitting on a solid ...
Physics / Condensed Matter
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Noise is not necessarily detrimental to quantum devices
The researches of the Aalto University and the University of Oulu have succeeded to simulate a phenomenon called motional averaging, which demonstrates that in certain conditions externally-induced fast fluctuations ...
Physics / Quantum Physics
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Nanosilicon rapidly splits water without light, heat, or electricity
Jan 24, 2013 |
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Never mind the noise: Quantum entanglement allows channel information rate to exceed Shannon zero-error capacity
Jan 23, 2013 |
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Graphene-based transistor seen as candidate for post-CMOS technology
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Electronics like it cold, and 30 K cryocooler delivers
Jan 18, 2013 |
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Nearly perfect, ultrathin invisibility cloak could have wide practical applications
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Scientists propose creating Maxwell's demon with two quantum dots
(Phys.org)—When you open your door on a cold winter day, the warm air from your home and the cold air from outside begin to mix and evolve toward thermal equilibrium, a state of complete entropy where the ...
Researchers create metamaterial that looks similar to 3D Minkowski spacetimes
(Phys.org)—Researchers from the University of Maryland and Towson University have created a new type of metamaterial that they describe as looking similar to 3D Minkowski spacetimes. In their paper, which ...
Synchrotrons explore water's molecular mysteries
(Phys.org)—In experiments at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, scientists observed a surprisingly dense form of water that remained liquid well beyond its typical ...
Researchers build bench size laser-pulsed neutron source
(Phys.org)—Researchers from Institut für Kernphysik in Germany, working with colleagues from Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, have succeeded in building a compact neutron source small enough ...
Listening to electrons: New method brings scaling-up quantum devices one step closer
(Phys.org)—We're now one step closer to quantum computing becoming a reality thanks to research led by a team of University of Sydney physicists, who have found a new way to detect changes in charges smaller ...
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