To trap and hold tiny microparticles, engineers at Harvard have "put a ring on it," using a silicon-based circular resonator to confine particles stably for up to several minutes.
Nanophysics
Jul 20, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A downward-pointing camera on the front-left side of NASA's Curiosity rover will give adventure fans worldwide an unprecedented sense of riding a spacecraft to a landing on Mars.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2010
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Maintaining the correct time is no longer just a matter of keeping your watch wound -- especially when it comes to computers, telecommunications, and other complex systems. The clocks in these devices must stay accurate to ...
General Physics
Jul 20, 2010
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Do electrons have a fourth property in addition to mass, charge and spin, as popular physics theories such as supersymmetry predict? Researchers from Germany, the Czech Republic and the USA want to find the answer to this ...
General Physics
Jul 20, 2010
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By swapping out one specific hydrogen atom for an isotope twice as heavy, researchers have increased the shelf life and detection ability of fluorescent probes that are essential to studying a variety of inflammatory diseases, ...
Materials Science
Jul 20, 2010
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A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research unlocks the key to making the price of a product seem less expensive to consumers.
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While orbiting Saturn for the last six years, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has kept a close eye on the collisions and disturbances in the gas giant's rings.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2010
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Consumers give up on using products because they underestimate their learning abilities, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2010
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As Arctic ice recedes, countries are looking forward to faster, safer and more efficient sea routes across the top of the world. Responding to a request from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska Maritime Pilots and the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A better understanding of how Earth's ice fields are changing has come another step closer as the first data from ESA's ice mission are released to selected scientists around the world for fine-tuning.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2010
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