http://www.ccnmag.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:56:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/physicists_search_for_extra_dimensions Physicists have designed a new black hole simulator called BlackMax to search for evidence that extra dimensions might exist in the universe. CalTechNews Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:48:57 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/ultrafast_lasers_show_snapshot_of_electrons_in_action Scientists have found a new way to peer into a molecule that allows them to see how its electrons rearrange as the molecule changes shape. CalTechNews Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:49:37 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/invisibility_cloak_and_ultra-powerful_microscopes A new research field called transformation optics may usher in a host of radical advances including a cloak of invisibility and ultra-powerful microscopes and computers by harnessing nanotechnology and "metamaterials." CalTechNews Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:43:40 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/tsunami_invisibility_cloak_to_make_structures_disappear Rather than building stronger ocean-based structures to withstand tsunamis, it might be easier to simply make the structures disappear. CalTechNews Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:54:24 +0100 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/first_beam_shot_through_large_hadron_collider An international collaboration of scientists today sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the world’s most powerful particle accelerator CalTechNews Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:31:16 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/finding_the_fourth_dimension How did the universe come to be? What is it made of? What is mass? Can science prove that there are other dimensions? CalTechNews Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:05:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/ultrafast_computers_and_electronics_on_the_horizon_ physicists successfully controlled an electrical current using the "spin" within electrons – a step toward building an organic "spin transistor": a plastic semiconductor switch for future ultrafast computers and electronics. CalTechNews Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:11:33 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/scientists_crack_secrets_of_2,000-year-old_astronomical_computer Cardiff University experts have led an international team in unravelling the secrets of a 2,000-year-old computer which could transform the way we think about the ancient world. CalTechNews Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:05:17 +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