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Zooming Way In, Technique Offers Close-Ups Of Electrons, Nuclei
October 1, 2008 — Providing a glimpse into the infinitesimal, physicists have found a novel way of spying on some of the universe's tiniest building blocks. Their "camera" consists of a special "flaw" in diamonds that ... > full story -
Unlocking The Secret Of The Kondo Effect
September 22, 2008 — Scientists have forged a breakthrough in understanding an intriguing phenomenon in fundamental physics: the Kondo ... > full story -
Earth Structure: Lowermost Mantle Has Materials With Unexpected Properties
September 16, 2008 — Materials deep inside Earth have unexpected atomic properties that might force earth scientists to revise their models of Earth's internal processes. Recreating in the lab materials they believe ... > full story -
Moving Quarks Help Solve Proton Spin Puzzle
September 12, 2008 — New theory work at the US Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has shown that more than half of the spin of the proton is the result of the movement of its building ... > full story -
Superconductivity Can Induce Magnetism
September 11, 2008 — When an electrical current passes through a wire it emanates heat -- a principle that's found in toasters and incandescent light bulbs. Some materials, at low temperatures, violate this law and carry ... > full story -
Carbon Molecule With A Charge Could Be Tomorrow's Semiconductor
September 8, 2008 — As part of the research to place gadolinium atoms inside the carbon cage of a fullerene molecule for MRI applications, researchers created an 80-atom carbon molecule with two yttrium ions inside. ... > full story -
Fast Quantum Computer Building Block Created
August 20, 2008 — The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated. The scientists used lasers to create an initialized quantum state of ... > full story -
New Speed Record For Magnetic Memories
August 18, 2008 — An experiment carried out at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has realized spin torque switching of a nanomagnet as fast as the fundamental speed limit allows. Using this so-called ... > full story -
Toward Plastic Spin Transistors: Ultrafast Computers And Electronics On The Horizon?
August 17, 2008 — Physicists successfully controlled an electrical current using the "spin" within electrons -- a step toward building an organic "spin transistor": A plastic semiconductor switch for future ultrafast ... > full story -
Meta-Materials Mimic Ice And Illuminate Why Water-Ice Doesn't Fully Conform To Third Law Of Thermodynamics
August 7, 2008 — Researchers are using meta-materials, which mimic the behavior of ice, but are created out of completely different substances, to and figure out why water ice doesn't completely conform to the Third ... > full story
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