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Colored Diamonds Are a Superconductor's Best Friend
Mar. 6, 2014 — Nitrogen-vacancy centers -- flaws in a diamond's crystal lattice that produce color -- have received much attention for their sensitivity to magnetic fields. Researchers have now used N-V ... full story -
Crystals Ripple in Response to Light: First Propagating Surface Phonon Polaritons in a Van Der Waals Crystal
Mar. 6, 2014 — Minuscule waves that propagate across atom -- thin layers of crystal could carry information, light, and heat in nanoscale devices. For the first time, the frequency and amplitude of these waves, ... full story -
Engineering Team Increases Power Efficiency for Future Computer Processors
Mar. 6, 2014 — Scientists have made major improvements in computer processing using an emerging class of magnetic materials called 'multiferroics,' and these advances could make future devices far more ... full story -
Extraordinary Momentum and Spin Discovered in Evanescent Light Waves
Mar. 6, 2014 — Researchers have identified unexpected dynamic properties of a type of light wave called evanescent waves. These surprising findings contrast sharply with previous knowledge about light and ... full story -
Ultra Sensitive Detection of Radio Waves With Lasers
Mar. 5, 2014 — Radio waves are used for many measurements and applications, for example, in communication with mobile phones, MRI scans, scientific experiments and cosmic observations. But 'noise' in the ... full story -
Seeking Quantum-Ness: D-Wave Chip Passes Rigorous Tests
Mar. 5, 2014 — D-Wave quantum processor passes tests indicating that it uses special laws of quantum mechanics to operate. A key task for researchers has been to determine whether D-Wave processors operate as hoped ... full story -
Novel Quantum Dot Laser Paves the Way for Lower-Cost Photonics
Mar. 4, 2014 — With the explosive growth of bandwidth demand in telecommunications networks, experts are continually seeking new ways to transmit increasingly large amounts of data in the quickest and cheapest ways ... full story -
Transparent, Color Solar Cells Fuse Energy, Beauty
Mar. 4, 2014 — Colorful, see-through solar cells could one day be used to make stained-glass windows, decorations and even shades that turn the sun's energy into ... full story -
Tackling the Tiniest Technology to Make Gadgets Smaller, Faster and More Efficient
Mar. 4, 2014 — Researchers are discovering how to manipulate light to one day better view the world's tiniest objects through a super-lens, as well as how to hide an object in plain sight. The research focuses ... full story -
How 19th Century Physics Could Change the Future of Nanotechnology
Mar. 4, 2014 — A new twist on a very old physics technique could have a profound impact on one of the most buzzed-about aspects of nanoscience. Researchers have found that their unique method of light-matter ... full story -
Physics in 3-D? That's Nothing: Try 0-D
Mar. 4, 2014 — Zero-dimensional quantum dots could someday have a big effect on a variety of technologies, such as solar energy, lasers and medical diagnostics. This latest discovery is all about going small, but ... full story -
Boron, Discovered in 1808, Gets a Nano Refresh
Mar. 4, 2014 — Nanotechnology -- the control of matter at the nanoscale, at dimensions of approximately 1 and 100 nanometers -- is revolutionizing the materials and devices used in many applications and products. A ... full story -
Researchers Propose a New Way to Detect the Elusive Graviton
Mar. 4, 2014 — A cosmologist and a physicist have proposed that measuring minute changes in the cosmic background radiation of the universe could be a pathway of detecting the telltale effects of ... full story -
Solar Power: Making It Less Expensive and More Efficient
Mar. 4, 2014 — Researchers are reporting early results on a way to make solar-powered panels in lights, calculators and roofs lighter, less expensive, more flexible (therefore less breakable) and more ... full story -
Quantum Effects: Patterns of Interfering Massive Particles
Mar. 4, 2014 — A new study examines the nature of exchange interactions between identical particles, which only occur at the quantum level. Two-particle interference has been the focus of many studies, specifically ... full story -
Pulling Polymers Leads to New Insights Into Their Mechanical Behavior
Mar. 4, 2014 — Scientists have pulled up isolated molecular chains from a gold surface, using the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM). The observed signal provides insight into the detachment force and binding ... full story -
A New Renewable Energy Source? Device Captures Energy from Earth's Infrared Emissions to Outer Space
Mar. 3, 2014 — When the sun sets on a remote desert outpost and solar panels shut down, what energy source will provide power through the night? A battery, perhaps, or an old diesel generator? Perhaps something ... full story -
Electronics Based on a Two Dimensional Electron Gas
Mar. 3, 2014 — Usually, microelectronic devices are made of silicon or similar semiconductors. Recently, the electronic properties of metal oxides have become quite interesting. These materials are more complex, ... full story -
Particle Beam Cancer Therapy: The Promise and Challenges
Mar. 3, 2014 — Advances in accelerators built for fundamental physics research have inspired improved cancer treatment facilities. Accelerator physicists are natural-born problem solvers, finding ever more powerful ... full story -
Relativity Shakes a Magnet: New Principle for Magnetic Recording
Mar. 3, 2014 — Scientists have predicted and discovered a new physical phenomenon that allows to manipulate the state of a magnet by electric signals. Current technologies for writing, storing, and reading ... full story -
Optical Nano-Tweezers Control Nano-Objects: Trap and Move Individual Nano-Object in Three Dimensions Using Only Light
Mar. 2, 2014 — Researchers have invented nano-optical tweezers capable of trapping and moving an individual nano-object in three dimensions using only the force of light. Using this approach, they have demonstrated ... full story
- Colored diamonds are a superconductor's best friend
- Crystals ripple in response to light: First propagating surface phonon polaritons in a van der Waals crystal
- Engineering team increases power efficiency for future computer processors
- Extraordinary momentum and spin discovered in evanescent light waves
- Ultra sensitive detection of radio waves with lasers
- Seeking quantum-ness: D-Wave chip passes rigorous tests
- Novel quantum dot laser paves the way for lower-cost photonics
- Transparent, color solar cells fuse energy, beauty
- Tackling the tiniest technology to make gadgets smaller, faster and more efficient
- How 19th century physics could change the future of nanotechnology
- Physics in 3-D? That's nothing: Try 0-D
- Boron, discovered in 1808, gets a nano refresh
- Researchers propose a new way to detect the elusive graviton
- Solar power: Making it less expensive and more efficient
- Quantum effects: Patterns of interfering massive particles
- Pulling polymers leads to new insights into their mechanical behavior
- A new renewable energy source? Device captures energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space
- Electronics based on a two dimensional electron gas
- Particle beam cancer therapy: The promise and challenges
- Relativity shakes a magnet: New principle for magnetic recording
- A molecular ballet under the X-ray laser: taking images of free molecules
- A sharp eye for molecular fingerprints: Broad absorption spectra recorded on microsecond scale with two laser frequency combs
- New class of magnetic materials: Physicists pave the way for more energy efficient technology
- Physicists discover 'quantum droplet' in semiconductor
- Glimmer of light in the search for dark matter
- How do you build a large-scale quantum computer?
- Ventriloquist delight: Scientists twist sound with metamaterials so sound appears to come from somewhere else
- Carbon dating uncovers forged Cubist painting
- Scientists complete the top quark puzzle
- On the road to Mottronics: Key to controlling the electronic and magnetic properties of Mott thin films
- Graphene's bonding effect on platinum nanoparticles characterized: Lower costs in fuel cell production?
- Revealing secrets of exploding clusters
- Nanoscale pillars could radically improve conversion of heat to electricity
- Dark matter search: New calibration confirms LUX dark matter results
- Closing the 'free will' loophole: Using distant quasars to test Bell's theorem
- A new laser for a faster Internet
- Tissue-penetrating light releases chemotherapy inside cancer cells
- Multi-scale simulation software for chemistry research
- New study reveals communications potential of graphene
- A forgotten model of the universe: Analysis of Einstein's 1931 paper featuring a dynamic model of the universe
- Switching with single photons: Switching effects caused by single photons is a step toward quantum computing
- Caps not the culprit in nanotube chirality: New study narrows possibilities for gaining control of nanotube type
- World's most powerful terahertz laser chip
- It’s alive! Bacteria-filled liquid crystals could improve biosensing
- Ultra-small and ultra–fast electro-optic modulator
- Einstein's conversion from a belief in a static to an expanding universe
- Is truth stranger than fiction? Yes, especially for science fiction
- Potentially revolutionary material: Scientists produce a novel form of artificial graphene
- Superconductivity in orbit: Scientists find new path to loss-free electricity
- Experiments on tiny gold prisms help to explain unusual electrodynamics of nanostructures
- Nanoparticles with a core–shell structure can minimize the overheating of cells during bioimaging experiments
- Experiments show initial gain in fusion fuel
- Stirring-up atomtronics in a quantum circuit: What’s so 'super' about this superfluid?
- Physicists reveal novel magnetoelectric effect
- New way to measure electron pair interactions
- How to make the wonder material graphene superconducting
- Is an earthquake behind the Shroud of Turin image? Radiation from earthquake could have led to 'wrong' 1988 dating
- Helical electron and nuclear spin order in quantum wires
- Theorists predict new forms of exotic insulating materials: Six new types?
- Scientists use 'voting' and 'penalties' to overcome errors in quantum optimization
- Molecular traffic jam makes water move faster through nanochannels
- Crossover sound: Unambiguous evidence for coherent phonons in superlattices
- Quarks in the looking glass: Rare instance of symmetry breaking in electron-quark scattering
- Ballistic transport in graphene suggests new type of electronic device
- Semiconductors: First ever atom-by-atom simulation of ALD nanoscale film growth
- It's the water: Graphene balloon yields unprecedented images of hydrated protein molecules
- Diamond defect boosts quantum technology
- New clues on thermodynamic behavior in small systems
- Patterns of particles generated by surface charges: How disorder turns into order
- Diamond film possible without the pressure: Rules for ultrathin 'diamane' devised
- New understanding could result in more efficient organic solar cells
- Solving a physics mystery: Those 'solitons' are really vortex rings
- Quasi-particle swap between graphene layers
- Prototype of single ion heat engine created
- Big chill to understand quark-gluon plasma of early universe
- Researchers develop first single-molecule LED
- Making color: When two red photons make a blue photon
- Quantum dots provide complete control of photons
- Diagnosis just a breath away with new laser that advances breath analysis for disease diagnosis
- Lab clocks 'hot' electrons: Plasmon-generated electrons timed moving from nanorods to graphene
- Integration brings quantum computer a step closer
- Photon recoil provides new insight into matter: New precision spectroscopy allows unprecedented accuracy
- Physicists create synthetic magnetic monopoles in the lab
- Researchers take magnetic waves for a spin
- New theory may lead to more efficient solar cells
- Graphene-like material made of boron a possibility, experiments suggest
- New quantum dots herald a new era of electronics operating on a single-atom level
- Quantum computing? Moving an atom inside a crystal to investigate its function
- When nanotechnology meets quantum physics in one dimension: New experiment supports long-predicted 'Luttinger liquid' model
- A new wrinkle in the control of waves: Flexible materials could provide new ways to control sound and light
- Carbon dioxide paves the way to unique nanomaterials
- Molecules as circuits? Miniaturization of electronic devices
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