Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
491 to 500 of 512 stories
view headlines only
-
"Quantum Dots" Could Form Basis Of New Computers
September 25, 2001 — Scientists at Purdue University are helping researchers take a quantum leap in computer technology. They have linked two tiny structures — quantum dots — in such a way that is essential ... > full story -
New Magnetic Semiconductor Material Spins Hope For Quantum Computing
August 1, 2001 — Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created a semiconductor material that has superior magnetic properties at room temperature and that may ... > full story -
Spin Moves With Unexpexted Ease From One Semiconductor To Another; Successful Demonstration Of Spin-Transfer Makes Way For Whole New Technology Of Spintronics
June 14, 2001 — Four researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) and at Penn State University in University Park, Pa., report in the June 14 issue of Nature experiments that show ... > full story -
New Materials' Odd Traits To Help Improve Computer Memory
June 12, 2001 — Scientists have created the first example of a new type of material known as a half-metallic ferromagnet, and researchers say the development will provide invaluable help to an effort already ... > full story -
Black Holes May Take Space For A Spin
May 2, 2001 — As if black holes weren't menacing enough, astronomers now have observational evidence that at least some of them spin about like whirlpools, wrapping up the fabric of space with them. ... > full story -
Engineers Study Baseball Flight
April 12, 2001 — Any baseball fan knows there's nothing simple about throwing a perfect pitch. Now engineers at the University of California, Davis, have stepped up to the plate to back up a pitcher's ... > full story -
Ballistic Phonons Reveal Strange Attenuation In Lead Superconductor
March 20, 2001 — By measuring how long it takes phonons (lattice vibrations) to travel through a thin crystal, University of Illinois researchers have found experimental evidence of an unusual spin-density-wave ... > full story -
What Puts The Brakes On Madly Spinning Stars?
January 30, 2001 — Keying off new observations, astronomers are turning to an old idea of what puts the brakes on young, rapidly rotating stars, some of which spin so fast that astronomers are amazed they simply ... > full story -
Eavesdroppers Beware: Single Photon Emission Prepares Way For Quantum Cryptography
December 22, 2000 — Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) report in the Dec. 22 issue of Science that they have built a device from which the emission of a single photon (particle of light) ... > full story -
Syracuse University Scientist Receives Patent That Could Revolutionize Medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging
November 29, 2000 — A leader in semiconductor physics for some 20 years, Arnold Honig, professor of physics in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences, has devoted his career to discovering how minute ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 140,674
more 
