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Some Like It Hot: How to Heat a 'Nano Bathtub'
Researchers have
demonstrated the use of
infrared laser light to
quickly and precisely heat
the water in "nano bathtubs"
-- tiny sample containers --
... > full story
Graphene Exhibits Bizarre New Behavior Well Suited to Electronic Devices
Graphene, a sheet of pure
carbon, has been touted as a
possible replacement for
silicon-based semiconductors
because of its useful
... > full story
Ultra-Strong Interaction Between Light and Matter Realized: One More Step on the Path to Quantum Computers
Researchers around the world
are working on the
development of quantum
computers that will be
vastly superior to
... > full story
Quantum Phenomenon Observed: Atoms Form Organized Structure from Unorganized One
Physicists have
experimentally observed a
quantum phenomenon, where an
arbitrarily weak
perturbation causes atoms to
... > full story
- Some Like It Hot: How to Heat a 'Nano Bathtub'
- Graphene Exhibits Bizarre New Behavior Well Suited to Electronic Devices
- Ultra-Strong Interaction Between Light and Matter Realized: One More Step on the Path to Quantum Computers
- Quantum Phenomenon Observed: Atoms Form Organized Structure from Unorganized One
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How Not to Blow Up a Molecule
July 30, 2010 — Can single-shot imaging with femtosecond x-ray pulses from powerful new free electron lasers really work, or will the beam damage the sample too quickly? Pulse length is the key. A new study reveals ... > full story -
Quantum Fractals at the Border of Magnetism
July 29, 2010 — Physicists are reporting new results from experiments on the perplexing class of materials that includes high-temperature superconductors. The team reports the unexpected discovery of a simple ... > full story -
Hexagonal Boron Nitride Sheets May Help Graphene Supplant Silicon
July 29, 2010 — What researchers might call "white graphene" may be the perfect sidekick for the real thing as a new era unfolds in nanoscale electronics. Researchers have figured out how to make sheets of h-BN, ... > full story -
First Step Toward Electronic DNA Sequencing: Translocation Through Graphene Nanopores
July 28, 2010 — Researchers have developed a new, carbon-based nanoscale platform to electrically detect single DNA molecules. Using electric fields, the tiny DNA strands are pushed through nanoscale-sized thin ... > full story -
Where Do the Drugs Go?
July 28, 2010 — Drug delivery inside the body is a complicated process. Compounds travel through a maze of aqueous solutions, lipid membranes, and barriers between the blood and tissues like the brain. New research ... > full story -
Scientists Watch a Chemical Bond Break Using Molecule's Electrons
July 28, 2010 — Scientists followed a bromine chemical bond as it broke apart using an image that was obtained from a single molecular orbital. The experiment used an attosecond-duration X-ray burst to take a ... > full story -
Promise for Nuclear Fusion Test Reactors, Findings Show
July 27, 2010 — Researchers have discovered mechanisms critical to interactions between hot plasma and surfaces facing the plasma inside a thermonuclear fusion reactor, part of work aimed at developing coatings ... > full story -
More Accurate Than Heisenberg Allows? Uncertainty in the Presence of a Quantum Memory
July 27, 2010 — Quantum cryptography is the safest way to encrypt data. It utilizes the fact that transmitted information can only be measured with a strictly limited degree of precision. Scientists have now ... > full story -
Delayed Time Zero in Photoemission: New Record in Time Measurement Accuracy
July 27, 2010 — Physicists have discovered a time delay when using light pulses to emit electrons from atoms. Until now, it has been assumed that the electrons start moving out of the atom immediately after the ... > full story -
Eddies Against the Wall
July 27, 2010 — Fluids experts are projecting it will be many decades before we can accurately probe the properties of turbulence near ... > full story
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