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Super nanoparticles assemble
October 25, 2012
Chemists from the University of Florida have developed a technique for growing new materials from nanorods.The study marks a breakthrough in the field, demonstrating how thermodynamic forces can manipulate nanoparticle...
Stem cells, quantum physics and fight or flight: The Nobel winners 2012
October 20, 2012
The most prestigious and publicised awards in the science world were announced last month. Stem cell research, ground-breaking quantum methods and the mechanism behind one of the most important group...
Disintegrating planet has comet-like tail
October 19, 2012
Astronomers have discovered a faraway planet with a dusty tail. In May 2012, researchers announced that they might have detected a disintegrating exoplanet. Roughly the size of Mercury, the planet...
Laser beam 3D “painting” technique developed
October 17, 2012
A new method, developed at the Vienna University of Technology, uses laser beams to fix molecules at exactly the right position in a three-dimensional material. The technology will have a...
Building a clock that will last forever
October 15, 2012
An experimental design for creating a space-time crystal has been proposed by scientists at Berkeley Lab, based on an electric-field ion trap and the Coulomb repulsion of particles that carry...
Mapping the universe with artificial intelligence
October 15, 2012
Researchers in Germany have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to chart and explain the structure and dynamics of the Universe.“Our model is a big step forward. With the help...
Historic observation of rare exploding star
October 10, 2012
The first ever direct observations of a type1a supernova - the ‘standard candle’ for astronomers to measure distance - have been made. Exploding stars called Type 1a supernovas are ideal...
Flat lens focuses telecom wavelengths without distortion
October 8, 2012
An ultrathin, flat lens that focuses light without imparting the distortion associated with conventional lenses has been created by applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...
Quantum mechanics caught on camera
September 24, 2012
Images of quantum entanglement have been caught on camera for the first time by researchers at the University of Glasgow. Entanglement is one of the bizarre behaviours exhibited by particles...
Dark energy really does exist
September 13, 2012
Dark energy, a cosmic substance thought to be speeding up the expansion of the Universe, really does exist, according to a team of astronomers at the University of Portsmouth and...
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