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Competition in the Quantum World
May 19, 2013 Physicists have gained a deep insight into the nature of quantum mechanical phase transitions. Scientists have simulated the competition between two rival dynamical processes at a novel type of ... > full story -
Bacteria Use Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide to Produce Electricity
May 19, 2013 Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of ... > full story -
Kinks and Curves at the Nanoscale: New Research Shows 'Perfect Twin Boundaries' Are Not So Perfect
May 19, 2013 Since 2004, materials scientists and nanotechnology experts have been excited about a special of arrangement of atoms called a "coherent twin boundary" that can add enormous strength to metals like ... > full story -
Computational Tool Translates Complex Data Into Simplified Two-Dimensional Images
May 19, 2013 Researchers have developed a computational method that enables scientists to visualize and interpret "high-dimensional" data produced by single-cell measurement technologies such as mass cytometry. ... > full story -
Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Clay Clues in Rock
May 18, 2013 NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on "Cape York" with examination of a rock intensely altered by ... > full story -
Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record
May 17, 2013 While Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited Earth's moon for three days in December 1972, they drove their mission's Lunar Roving Vehicle 19.3 nautical miles (22.210 statute ... > full story -
Electric and Magnetic Characteristics of a Material Which Could Be Used in Spintronics: Promising Doped Zirconia
May 17, 2013 Materials belonging to the family of dilute magnetic oxides (DMOs) - an oxide-based variant of the dilute magnetic semiconductors - are good candidates for spintronics ... > full story -
World's Smallest Liquid Droplets Ever Made in the Lab, Experiment Suggests
May 16, 2013 Physicists may have created the smallest drops of liquid ever made in the lab. That possibility has been raised by the results of a recent experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest ... > full story -
Stacking 2-D Materials Produces Surprising Results
May 16, 2013 New experiments reveal previously unseen effects, could lead to new kinds of electronics and optical ... > full story -
Galaxy's 'Burning Ring of Fire' Is Frenetic Region of Star Formation
May 16, 2013 Johnny Cash may have preferred this galaxy's burning ring of fire to the one he sang about falling into in his popular song. The "starburst ring" seen at center of a new image in red and yellow hues ... > full story
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