Physics News
How Long Does a Tuning Fork Ring?
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 08:48:55 am
Researchers have solved a long-standing problem in the design of mechanical resonators: the numerical prediction of the design-limited damping.
New Camera Makes Seeing the 'Invisible' Possible
Posted on March 07, 2011 at 08:31:53 am
The science similar to the type used in airport body scanners could soon be used to detect everything from defects in aerospace vehicles or concrete bridges to skin cancer
New Kinds of Superconductivity?
Posted on March 04, 2011 at 09:24:08 am
Physicists have for the first time caused a gas of atoms to exhibit an important quantum phenomenon known as spin-orbit coupling
Atomic Antennas Transmit Quantum Information Across a Microchip
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 08:20:50 am
Scientists have experimentally demonstrated quantum antennas, which enable the exchange of quantum information between two separate memory cells located on a computer chip
Atomic Interfaces for New Electronics
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 08:12:16 am
Most people cross borders such as state lines without thinking much about it. Yet not all borders are places of limbo intended only for crossing
Scientists Build World's First Anti-Laser
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 01:39:05 pm
More than 50 years after the invention of the laser, scientists at Yale University have built the world's first anti-laser
Ultrafast Quantum Computer Closer
Posted on February 09, 2011 at 09:05:42 am
Scientists from Oxford University have made a significant step towards an ultrafast quantum computer by successfully generating 10 billion bits of quantum entanglement in silicon for the first time
Rippling Cloud Exploding from Sun
Posted on February 06, 2011 at 05:35:46 am
Physicists studying new images of clouds of material exploding from the Sun have spotted instabilities forming in that exploding cloud that are similar to those seen in clouds in Earth's atmosphere
'Invisibility Cloak' Hides 3-D Objects From Naked Eye
Posted on February 03, 2011 at 08:52:59 am
An "invisibility cloak" that's able to hide items thousands of times larger than before now exists, scientists say
Cheap, Clean Way to Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells?
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 09:24:55 am
Scientists jumbled the atomic structure of the surface layer of titanium dioxide nanocrystals, creating a catalyst that is both long lasting and more efficient than all other materials in using the sun's energy to extract hydrogen from water.
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