Physics News - Earth Science News RSS Feeds from Brightsurf Science NewsEarth Science :: PhysicsPhysics News Stories, Current Physics News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Physics Physics News Stories Current Physics News Events, Discoveries and Articles New paper offers insights into 'blinking' phenomena A new paper by a team of researchers led by University of Notre Dame physicist Bolizsár Jankó provides an overview of research into one of the few remaining unsolved problems of quantum mechanics. (2008-07-02) Achieving top grades in science subjects more difficult, proves research Schoolchildren studying science and technology subjects like Maths, Physics and Chemistry find it much harder to achieve the top exam grades than candidates of similar ability studying subjects like Media Studies and Psychology, proves a new report. (2008-07-01) A bright future for plastics -- robot 'skin,' flexible laptops and electric posters With market analysts predicting a ten fold increase in the value of the organic light emitting display industry, from £1.5 billion to £15.5 billion, by 2014, it is no wonder that scientists and governments alike are keen to advance research into "plastic electronics". (2008-07-01) UCSB professor's paper on safety of large hadron collider to be published in Physical Review D Particle colliders creating black holes that could devour the Earth. Sounds like a great Hollywood script. (2008-06-30) Discovery by UC Riverside physicists could enable development of faster computers Physicists at UC Riverside have made an accidental discovery in the lab that has potential to change how information in computers can be transported or stored. Dependent on the "spin" of electrons, a property electrons possess that makes them behave like tiny magnets, the discovery could help in the development of spin-based semiconductor technology such as ultrahigh-speed computers. (2008-06-24) University of Pennsylvania Engineers Reveal What Makes Diamonds Slippery at the Nanoscale They call diamonds "ice," and not just because they sparkle. Engineers and physicists have long studied diamond because even though the material is as hard as an ice ball to the head, diamond slips and slides with remarkably low friction, making it an ideal material or coating for seals, high performance tools and high-tech moving parts. (2008-06-24) UBC physicists develop 'impossible' technique to study and develop superconductors A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two decades. (2008-06-24) UC San Diego Physicists Reveal Secrets of Newest Form of Carbon Using one of the world's most powerful sources of man-made radiation, physicists from UC San Diego, Columbia University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have uncovered new secrets about the properties of graphene-a form of pure carbon that may one day replace the silicon in computers, televisions, mobile phones and other common electronic devices. (2008-06-11) New superconductors present new mysteries, possibilities Johns Hopkins University researchers and colleagues in China have unlocked some of the secrets of newly discovered iron-based high-temperature superconductors, research that could result in the design of better superconductors for use in industry, medicine, transportation and energy generation. (2008-06-05) LIGO observations probe the dynamics of the crab pulsar The search for gravitational waves has revealed new information about the core of one of the most famous objects in the sky: the Crab Pulsar in the Crab Nebula. (2008-06-03) |
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