http://www.ccnmag.com Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:02:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/smoothest_surface_ever_created A team of physicists has created the “quantum stabilized atom mirror,” the smoothest surface ever, according to a recent article in Advanced Materials. CalTechNews Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:03:29 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/number_sense_correlates_with_test_scores Knowing how precisely a high school freshman can estimate the number of objects in a group gives you a good idea how well he has done in math as far back as kindergarten, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University found. CalTechNews Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:32:54 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/invisibility_cloak_closer_new_materials_bend_light_backwards Scientists have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light and, to the delight of science-fiction and fantasy buffs, cloaking devices that could render objects invisible. CalTechNews Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:32:55 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/tingy_tags_to_help_solve_gun_crimes Criminals who use firearms may find it much harder to evade justice in future, thanks to an ingenious new bullet tagging technology. CalTechNews Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:50:38 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/new_technique_reveals_van_gogh_portrait A new technique allows pictures which were later painted over to be revealed once more. CalTechNews Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:35:27 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/new_states_of_electrons_that_behave_like_light_discovered_2 A team of researchers at Princeton University's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center has observed electrons moving through a crystal of bismuth metal behaving like light. CalTechNews Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:06:17 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/material_to_turn_auto_heat_into_electricity_ Researchers have invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. CalTechNews Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:37:59 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/why_do_great_master_violins_sound_so_sweet_ Dr. Berend Stoel put classical violins, including several made by Stradivarius, in a CT scanner. The homogeneity in the densities of the wood from which the classical violins are made, in marked contrast to the modern violins studied. CalTechNews Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:26:20 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/a_plane_with_wings_of_glass_ Imagine a plane that has wings made out of glass. Thanks to a major breakthrough in understanding the nature of glass by scientists at the University of Bristol, this has just become a possibility. CalTechNews Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:36:13 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/exciton-based_circuits_eliminates_computers_speed_trap Particles called excitons that emit a flash of light as they decay could be used for a new form of computing better suited to fast communication, physicists at UC San Diego have demonstrated. CalTechNews Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:21:44 +0100