 |  Purdue creates portable mass spectrometer
Researchers at Purdue University have shown how a new ultra-fast chemical-analysis tool has numerous promising uses for detecting everything from cancer in the liver to explosives residues on luggage and "biomarkers" in urine that provide an early warning for diseases. ...  |
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03-20-2006
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| | Sandia’s Z machine exceeds two billion degrees Kelvin
Sandia’s Z machine has produced plasmas that exceed temperatures of 2 billion degrees Kelvin - hotter than the interiors of stars.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/z-machine_thumb.jpgThe unexpectedly hot output, if its cause were understood and harnessed, could eventually mean... |
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03-14-2006
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| | From biological imaging to Sudoku solutions
Cornell physicist Veit Elser has been engrossed recently in resolving a pivotal question in biological imaging. So he hasn't had much time for brainteasers and number games.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/5/25x25_thumb.gifBut in discovering an algorithm critical for X-ray... |
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03-07-2006
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| | NIST Physicists Coax Six Atoms into Quantum ‘Cat’ State
Scientists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have coaxed six atoms into spinning together in two opposite directions at the same time, a so-called Schrödinger "cat" state that obeys the unusual laws of quantum physics. The ambitious... |
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02-25-2006
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| | High-Tech Sieve Sifts for Hydrogen
Whether it's used in chemical laboratories or the fuel tanks of advanced automobiles, hydrogen is mostly produced from natural gas and other fossil fuels. However, to isolate the tiny hydrogen molecules, engineers must first remove impurities, and the currently available methods can... |
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02-06-2006
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| | Researchers find signs of extra dimensions
Researchers at Northeastern University and the University of California, Irvine say that scientists might soon have evidence for extra dimensions and other exotic predictions of string theory.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/5/ceren_hires.sized_thumb.jpgEarly results from a... |
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01-31-2006
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| | Engineers develop smallest device to control light
An electrical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin has made a laser light blink while passing through a miniaturized silicon chip, a major step toward developing commercially viable optical interconnects for high performance computers and other devices. ... |
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01-26-2006
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01-09-2006
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| | Get ready for next generation surround sound
Ultra-realistic surround sound is a step closer for everyone thanks to a new method that will cheaply and efficiently compute the way individuals hear things.
http://www.hypography.com/newsimages/ii_8.jpgCurrently, creating accurate 'virtual sound fields' through headphones is... |
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12-20-2005
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| | The Impossible Is Possible: Laser Light from Silicon
Since the creation of the first working laser - a ruby model made in 1960 - scientists have fashioned these light sources from substances ranging from neon to sapphire. Silicon, however, was not considered a candidate. Its structure would not allow for the proper line-up of electrons needed... |
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11-22-2005
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10-24-2005
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| | Advances in wireless biosensor technology
Led by Professor Jukka Lekkala, the Wireless research project is developing miniscule subcutaneous sensors, which can be used to monitor, for example, the function of the heart or prosthetic joints even over long periods of time.
The Academy of Finland is funding the project, whose goal... |
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10-18-2005
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| | First nanofluidic transistor
University of California, Berkeley, researchers have invented a variation on the standard electronic transistor, creating the first "nanofluidic" transistor that allows them to control the movement of ions through sub-microscopic, water-filled channels. ... |
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| | NASA Testing a "Clear View" For Pilots
Working to make flying safer, more than a dozen NASA, airline, industry and government pilots are testing technology to "synthetically" give pilots a clear view of their surroundings.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/syn_vision_thumb.jpgTechnicians equipped a Boeing 757 jet... |
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10-12-2005
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| | Putting relativity to the test
Almost 90 years after Einstein postulated his general theory of relativity - our current theory of gravity - scientists have finally finished collecting the data that will put this theory to an experimental test.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/gp_earth_thumb.jpgFor the past... |
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10-08-2005
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09-28-2005
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| | Physicists Measure Tiny Force That Limits How Far Machines Can Shrink
University of Arizona physicists have directly measured how close speeding atoms can come to a surface before the atoms' wavelengths change.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/cronin_perreault_thumb.jpgTheirs is a first, fundamental measurement that confirms the idea that the wave... |
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09-26-2005
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09-22-2005
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