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Cool Tungsten May Light Bulbs

Tungsten-filament bulbs � the most widely used light source in the world � burn hands if unscrewed while lit. The bulbs are infamous for generating more heat than light.

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US Lab Reports Desktop Fusion, Results Disputed

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Physical sciences news // 10 March, 2002 05:19:12
An international team of scientists recently reported that nuclear fusion may have occured in an experiment involving collapsing bubbles in liquids at room temperature. The results are disputed.

Black Hole Mystery Mimicked By Supercomputer

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Physical sciences news // 12 February, 2002 12:07:03
Advanced supercomputers have simulated extremely powerful energy jets squirted out by black holes, the most exotic and powerful objects in the Universe.

Americans, German Share Physics Prize

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Physical sciences news // 11 October, 2001 01:47:40
The Nobel Prize in physics for 2001 was shared between two Americans and a German physicist.

Nobel Physics Prize to Be Announced

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Physical sciences news // 08 October, 2001 06:07:31
The winner(s) of the Nobel Prize in physics will be announced today.

Quantum Computing Explored

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Physical sciences news // 12 September, 2001 04:10:46
American computer scientists are studying the possibility to build a super fast computer based on quantum physics.

Researchers Probe 'Buckyballs'

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Physical sciences news // 30 August, 2001 10:46:44
Researchers have found a way to make carbon ``buckyballs' conduct electricity with extreme efficiency at warmer temperatures, a finding that could lead to new types of ultrafast computers.

Study: Light Speed May Have Changed

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Physical sciences news // 15 August, 2001 06:07:48
New observations from the world's biggest telescope indicate that one of nature's supposedly immutable constants has changed over the 15 billion-year history of the universe.

Physicists Study Matter, Antimatter

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Physical sciences news // 09 July, 2001 11:15:06
Physicists have taken some of the most precise measurements so far of the behavior of matter and antimatter, and their findings could help explain why the universe is filled with something rather than nothing.

Iran to Do Atom Smasher Experiment

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Physical sciences news // 09 July, 2001 11:13:59
The Iranian government has signed an agreement that will allow its scientists to participate in experiments using the world's largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, being built at Europe's particle physics laboratory.