Physics/Engineering
Technique Helps ID Dangerous Bootleg Booze
May 20, 2013 11:56 am | by Univ. of St Andrews | News | CommentsUsing a laser, scientists can now carry out detailed analysis of a spirit sample no bigger than a teardrop and can even confirm whether it is toxic or not.
Stress Makes Glass Stronger
May 20, 2013 7:00 am | by Inside Science News Service, Sophie Bushwick | News | CommentsAlterations to the usual glass production process, such as putting the material under stress, can introduce effects that linger even after the material hardens.
Physics Principles Can Be Observed in Bowls of Cereal
May 17, 2013 1:34 pm | by Yale Univ. | News | CommentsResearchers asking why pieces of breakfast cereal float toward each other found physics principles in action in their bowls.
Nanoflowers Blossom from a Chemical Reaction
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | News | CommentsWith the hand of nature trained on a beaker of chemical fluid, the most delicate flower structures have been formed in a laboratory— and not at the scale of inches, but microns.
First Evidence for Extraterrestrial High-Energy Neutrinos
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison | News | CommentsA massive telescope in the Antarctic ice has reported the detection of 28 extremely high-energy neutrinos that might have their origin in cosmic sources.
Earth's Iron Core is Shockingly Weak
May 17, 2013 7:00 am | by Stanford Univ. | News | CommentsMineral physicists have determined that the iron in Earth's inner core is about 40 percent as strong as previously believed.
Cells Can Be Living Calculators
May 16, 2013 11:54 am | by MIT, Anne Trafton | News | CommentsEngineers have transformed bacterial cells into living calculators that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots, using three or fewer genetic parts.
High-Field Magnet Science Going Strong in the U.S.
May 15, 2013 7:00 am | by National Research Council | News | CommentsA new report assesses the state of high-field magnet science, engineering and technology in the U.S. and finds it very strong.
Unmanned Aircraft Launched from Ship
May 15, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, Brock Vergakis | News | CommentsThe Navy, for the first time, launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Bright Nanoscale Alloys Have Potential Medical Applications
May 15, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Pittsburgh | News | CommentsNanometer-scale alloys possess the ability to emit light so brightly they could have potential applications in medicine.
Bubbles Cut Drag in Fluidic Chips
May 14, 2013 12:42 pm | by Univ. of Twente | News | CommentsResearchers have given the first demonstration of how the drag exerted on liquids flowing through tiny “fluidic chips” is affected by the introduction of diminutive gas bubbles.
Non-Destructive Method Measures at Atomic Scale
May 13, 2013 2:14 pm | by ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences | News | CommentsResearchers reported the observation of a highly fragile and volatile body through a new quantum-mechanical measurement technique.
Silk is Better than Kevlar
May 13, 2013 2:04 pm | by Northeastern Univ. | News | CommentsAt seven times the toughness of Kevlar, a silk produced by the Caerostris darwini spider of Madagascar is more robust than any other material. Now, it can be produced at an industrial scale.
Quantum Dots Yield Colors to Dye For
May 13, 2013 8:29 am | by Univ. of Illinois at Chicago | News | CommentsResearchers developed a way to introduce precisely four copper ions into quantum dots. This opens up possibilities for fine-tuning their optical properties and producing spectacular colors.
DIY Electronic Circuits Possible with Printing System
May 10, 2013 11:51 am | by Chinese Academy of Sciences | News | CommentsDo-it-yourself electronics manufacturing may soon be possible with your desktop printer, say the designers of a new system that directly prints electronic circuits onto ordinary paper.
Math Explains How Bubbles Pop
May 10, 2013 7:00 am | by UC Berkeley | Videos | CommentsResearchers have described mathematically the successive stages in the complex evolution and disappearance of foamy bubbles.
Airline to Test Volcanic Ash Cloud Detector
May 10, 2013 7:00 am | by Associated Press, Sylvia Hui | News | CommentsA budget airline will create an artificial volcanic ash cloud over Europe this summer to test ash detection technology.
Device Enables Portable, Ultra-Precise Clocks, Sensors
May 10, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Strathclyde | News | CommentsResearchers have developed a portable device to produce ultracold atoms for quantum technology and quantum information processing.
Dead Stars are 'Polluted' with Planetary Debris
May 10, 2013 7:00 am | by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope | News | CommentsWhite dwarf stars are being polluted by debris from asteroid-like objects falling onto them. This discovery suggests that rocky planet assembly is common in clusters.
Quantum Computer Beats Conventional in Speed Test
May 10, 2013 7:00 am | by Amherst College | News | CommentsA professor who recently devised and conducted experiments to test the speed of a quantum computing system against conventional computing says that quantum computing is, “really, really fast.”
Exotic Atoms Shed Light on Physics Puzzle from Dawn of Universe
May 9, 2013 11:29 am | by Univ. of Michigan | News | CommentsA team of physicists has found the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic atoms.
Experiment Begins with 3,200-Mile Move of Electromagnet
May 9, 2013 7:00 am | by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | Videos | CommentsScientists are planning a new experiment that could open the doors to new realms of particle physics. But first, they have to move a complex electromagnet that spans 50 feet in diameter 3,200 miles.
Researchers Confirm Long-Theorized Magnetic Field
May 9, 2013 7:00 am | by Univ. of Delaware | News | CommentsScientists confirmed the presence of a magnetic field generated by electrons which scientists had theorized existed, but that had never been proven until now.
Strain Improves Light Output from Green LEDs
May 8, 2013 8:26 am | by Chinese Academy of Sciences | News | CommentsResearchers have used strain engineering to improve the light output power of 530nm green light-emitting diodes by 28.9 percent .
Improving Quality Control of Lithium-Ion Batteries
May 8, 2013 8:23 am | by Purdue Univ. | News | CommentsResearchers have created a new tool to detect flaws in lithium-ion batteries as they are being manufactured, a step toward reducing defects and inconsistencies in the thickness of electrodes that affect battery life and reliability.
