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Nanoparticles Show Promise as Inexpensive, Durable and Effective Scintillators
March 25, 2013 Nanoparticles can be successfully incorporated into scintillation devices capable of detecting and measuring a wide energy range of X-rays and gamma rays, new research ... > full story -
Speed of Light May Not Be Fixed, Scientists Suggest; Ephemeral Vacuum Particles Induce Speed-of-Light Fluctuations
March 25, 2013 Two new articles challenge established wisdom about the nature of vacuum. In one article scientists have identified a quantum level mechanism for interpreting vacuum as being filled with pairs of ... > full story -
Measuring the Magnetism of Antimatter: Antiprotons Measured More Accurately Than Ever Before
March 25, 2013 In a breakthrough that could one day yield important clues about the nature of matter itself, scientists have succeeded in measuring the magnetic charge of single particles of matter and antimatter ... > full story -
Laser Empties Atoms from the Inside out
March 25, 2013 Plasma physicists have used one of the world's most powerful lasers to create highly unusual plasma composed of hollow atoms. The experimental work demonstrated that it is possible to remove the two ... > full story -
Scientists Propose Alternative Method for the Study of Ions
March 25, 2013 Scientists have proposed a new experimental method for researching positively charged ions. The study involved investigating the electronic structure of the argon ions using synchrotron ... > full story -
Nanowire Solar Cells Raise Efficiency Limit
March 24, 2013 Scientists have shown that a single nanowire can concentrate the sunlight up to 15 times of the normal sun light intensity. The results are surprising and the potential for developing a new type of ... > full story -
How Organic Magnets Grow in a Thin Film
March 22, 2013 Development of organic single molecule magnets opens a great many of applications for magnetic materials and new memory technologies. Organic magnets are lighter, more flexible and less energy ... > full story -
Quantum Computers Coming Soon? Metamaterials Used to Observe Giant Photonic Spin Hall Effect
March 21, 2013 Engineering a unique metamaterial of gold nanoantennas, researchers were able to obtain the strongest signal yet of the photonic spin Hall effect, an optical phenomenon of quantum mechanics that ... > full story -
Quantum Computers Counting on Carbon Nanotubes
March 21, 2013 Carbon nanotubes can be used as quantum bits for quantum computers. A study by physicists has shown how nanotubes can store information in the form of vibrations. Up to now, researchers have ... > full story -
Nike Laser Focuses on Nuclear Fusion
March 20, 2013 Researchers have successfully demonstrated a single-step focal zooming process to maximize the efficiency of the world's largest operating krypton fluoride gas ... > full story
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