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Results 1 - 20 of 19,623 in Physics

  1. doubtRead the original story

    57 min ago | OSNews.com

    ... on sciencedaily or pysorg .com regarding nano tech. In the end, memory technology is constrained by both the device physics as well as the patterning of intersecting wires and that is where we are limited right now. Now on another interesting ...

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    Related Topix: Computers, Hewlett Packard

  2. Weekend Reading on CatastropheRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Centauri Dreams

    Alan Boyle uses the occasion of Neal Turok's appointment as executive director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics to interview the scientist on topics dear to the heart of Centauri Dreams ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Astronomy

  3. 55th Anniversary Of Nobel Honoring Double Helix Continues To Overlook The Late Rosalind FranklinRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | MediLexicon

    ... sciences. Since the Nobel's beginning in 1901, only 12 prizes out of 419 have been given to women in the sciences (physics, chemistry, and medicine). As the Nobel Foundation rejoices in the discovery that was recognized by the 1962 prize, we hope ...

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    Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, Biology, Molecular Biology, Science

  4. "Colliding with Nature's Best-kept Secrets"Read the original story

    3 hrs ago | Payvand News of Iran

    ... as a Canadian and then at Berkeley, and with a detour via Stanford, Arkani-Hamed , the Professor of Fundamental Physics at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies, who was lured there from his Harvard's professorship, is a world renowned citizen ...

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  5. Computer Game's High Score Could Earn The Nobel PrizeRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | California Computer News

    ... turns protein folding into a competitive sport. Introductory levels teach the rules, which are the same laws of physics by which protein strands curl and twist into three-dimensional shapes -- key for biological mysteries ranging from Alzheimer's to ...

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  6. A new career: isotope designerRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Emerging Technology Trends

    ... but read more This research work has been led by Bradley Sherrill , a University Distinguished Professor of physics and associate director for research at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at MSU. You can see above the layout ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Nuclear Energy

  7. Preston university's Centre for Astrophysics wins 1m Science and...Read the original story

    5 hrs ago | This Is Lancashire

    ... been awarded nearly 700,000 between them to support their research in asteroseismology, galactic evolution and solar physics. The rest of the funding will be used to train postgraduate students to become the leading British astronomers of tomorrow. ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Astronomy

  8. Here's An Experiment For You... [Uncertain Principles]Read the original story

    7 hrs ago | ScienceBlogs

    "Prof. Orzel gives the impression of an everyday guy who just happens to have a vast but hidden knowledge of physics." The miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college.

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    Related Topix: Science, The Colbert Report, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

  9. Emile Hirsch in "Speed Racer"Read the original story

    8 hrs ago | Leader Post

    ... suspense because the action shots are either too fast, too artificial or so far from any understanding of Newtonian physics, we can't tell what's happening. When the film sits in the physical world we recognize and leaves the computer-generated ...

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  10. Climate Change: The earth is a beautifully complex systemRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Coyote Gulch

    ... And most have trouble even doing that. Half of the equation is coming up with a better understanding of the math and physics driving the problem. The other half of the equation to improve the struggling weather modeling community is allocating more ...

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    Related Topix: Computers, IBM, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Weather

  11. Hebrew University Scientists Named Fellows Of American AcademyRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Medical News Today

    ... producer and screenwriter Pedro Almodovar. Copenhagen-born Prof. Sompolinsky, who is at the Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University's Faculty of Science, is involved in investigating cooperative aspects of information processing in the ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Neurology, Cambridge, MA, Computers, Dell, Science, Health

  12. A crash course in true political scienceRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Physics Org

    ... two veterinarians, a psychologist, an optometrist and a pharmacist. That's nothing compared with 215 lawyers. "Physics is a lot more fun than politics because it presents a great intellectual challenge. You're wrestling with the secrets of nature," ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Dennis Hastert, Republican, US House of Representatives, Science

  13. Pole won't fall in lapRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | Chicago Tribune

    ... fastest four laps and that prize is yours for the May 25 race. But at root this quest is as complicated as quantum physics and involves variables that stretch from the wind to the fickle weather to the amount of steel in a competitor's spine. ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Buddy Rice, Racing, CART Racing, Justin Wilson

  14. Quantum computers take step toward practicality with demonstration of new deviceRead the original story

    Yesterday | PhysOrg Weblog

    ... and we demonstrated that two photons can be made to interact with each other via this system," says Stanford applied physics doctoral student Ilya Fushman, a lead author on the paper along with two other doctoral students from the Vuckovic group, ...

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  15. Professor Dr. Otto E. Rossler said in an interview that 'At the CERN...Read the original story

    Thursday | PR-inside.com

    ... Rossler currently works at the University of Tuebingen in Germany He specializes on theoretical biology, theoretical physics, mathematic, philosophy and nature sciences.Throughout his career Dr. Rossler has authored around 500 scientific papers in ...

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  16. The Bandol Summer School on Liquid CrystalsRead the original story

    Tuesday May 6 | Optics.org Events

    ... to the science of liquid crystals. The school is mainly intended for undergraduate and graduate students of physics, chemistry, engineering or similar directions but also for research staff and technicians new to the field of liquid crystals. The ...

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    Related Topix: Science

  17. Marni SoupcoffRead the original story

    Tuesday Apr 29 | National Post

    ... Although he won't turn 39 until next year, Professor Nima Arkani-Hamed is already a leading expert in theoretical physics... Marni Soupcoff on Hillary Clinton's race baiting: Yeah, that's going to help the party Posted: May 08, 2008, 3:25 PM by ...

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    Related Topix: Science, North Carolina, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

  18. Light Sources - New Sources of Light to Illuminate Sub-Atomic ParticlesRead the original story

    Nov 9, 2007 | Emertech.blogspot.com

    ... forward-directed and quasi-monochromatic synchrotron radiation. Undulator -- an insertion device from high-energy physics and usually part of a larger installation, a synchrotron storage ring. It consists of a periodic structure of dipole magnets ...

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  19. Accelerate and Switch [Uncertain Principles]Read the original story

    9 hrs ago | ScienceBlogs

    "Prof. Orzel gives the impression of an everyday guy who just happens to have a vast but hidden knowledge of physics." The miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college.

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    Related Topix: Science

  20. Examining next-gen bullets and bombsRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Unexplained Mysteries

    ... textbooks An international team of researchers may, just may, have made a radical breakthrough that could rewrite physics and chemistry textbooks. They claim to have discovered a naturally occurring element with an atomic... Boost your memory, ...

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