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Harnessing Waste Heat from Laptop Computers, Cell Phones May Double Battery Time
New research points the way
to a technology that might
make it possible to harvest
much of the wasted heat
produced by everything from
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Engineering Functional Structures With Single Atoms and Molecules
The performance of modern
electronics increases
steadily on a fast pace
thanks to the ongoing
miniaturization of the
utilized components.
... > full story
Exotic Electric Properties of Graphene Confirmed
First, it was the
soccer-ball-shaped molecules
dubbed buckyballs. Then it
was the cylindrically shaped
nanotubes. Now, the hottest
new material in physics and
... > full story
Small Nanoparticles Bring Big Improvement to Medical Imaging
Scientists have discovered a
method of using
nanoparticles to illuminate
the cellular interior to
reveal the slow, complex
processes taking place in a
... > full story
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Entangled Photons Created from Quantum Dots
November 18, 2009 — To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement -- the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely shielded ... > full story -
US Physics Lab Ties in Race for Atomic-Scale Breakthrough
November 18, 2009 — Everybody loves a race to the wire, even when the result is a tie. The great irony is the ultraprecise clocks that could result from this competition could probably break any tie. A second lab of ... > full story -
'Universal' Programmable Two-Qubit Quantum Processor Created
November 16, 2009 — Physicists have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics -- the rules governing the submicroscopic world -- ... > full story -
New Experiment Could Reveal Make-Up of the Universe
November 13, 2009 — Scientists in England are constructing highly sensitive detectors as part of an international project to understand the elements that make up the ... > full story -
Quantum Gas Microscope Offers Glimpse Of Quirky Ultracold Atoms
November 12, 2009 — Physicists have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, behaving in bizarre ways. The ... > full story -
Laser-Plasma Accelerators Ride On Einstein's Shoulders
November 11, 2009 — Using Einstein's theory of special relativity to speedup computer simulations, scientists have designed laser-plasma accelerators with energies of 10 billion electron volts (GeV) and beyond. These ... > full story -
Flipping A Photonic Shock Wave
November 10, 2009 — Physicists have directly observed a reverse shock wave of light in a specially tailored structure known as a left-handed metamaterial. Although it was first predicted over forty years ago, this is ... > full story -
First Bose-Einstein Condensation Of Strontium
November 9, 2009 — In an international first, scientists have produced a Bose-Einstein condensate of the alkaline-earth element strontium. Choosing the isotope 84Sr, which has received little attention so far, proved ... > full story -
Science Begins At The World's Most Powerful X-Ray Laser
November 2, 2009 — The first experiments are now underway using the world's most powerful X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. ... > full story -
Research Continues On Secure, Mobile, Quantum Communications
November 2, 2009 — Researchers are investigating long-distance, mobile optical links imperative for secure quantum communications capabilities in theater. They have conducted high data-rate experiments using an optical ... > full story
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