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A 3.8-Sigma Anomaly
Every professional football game begins with the flip of a coin, to ...
7 hours ago from Discover Magazine
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Physicists create first 'frequency comb' to probe ultraviolet wavelengths
Physicists at JILA have created the first "frequency comb" in the extreme ultraviolet band of the spectrum, high-energy light less than 100 nanometers (nm) in wavelength. Laser-generated frequency ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Searching for a solid that flows like a liquid
(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of neutron scattering experiments at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other research centers is exploring the key question about a long-sought quantum state of matter ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Researchers at SLAC test collider closer to creating fully coherent X-rays
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many advanced laser technologies, such as laser spectroscopy, that use precise wavelengths of infrared, visible or ultraviolet laser light could benefit from using X-ray light ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Luminarie Cagna cathedral lighted up by 55,000 colored LEDs
Wed 1 Feb 12 from Ubergizmo
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Building a better light bulb
Scientists study the movement of charge carriers to design an organic LED that is energy efficient and still casts a warm, natural glow.
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Magnetic random-access memory based on new spin transfer technology achieves higher storage density
Solid-state memory is seeing an increase in demand due to the emergence of portable devices such as tablet computers and smart phones. Spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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New way to study ground fractures
Geophysics researchers have created a new way to study fractures by producing elastic waves, or vibrations, through using high-intensity light focused directly on the fracture itself.
Thu 2 Feb 12 from ScienceDaily
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Shaken, not heated: The ideal recipe for manipulating magnetism
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found a way to distort the atomic arrangement and change the magnetic properties of an important class of electronic materials with ultra-short pulses of terahertz ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Repulsive gravity as an alternative to dark energy (Part 2: In the quantum vacuum)
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the past few years, CERN physicist Dragan Hajdukovic has been investigating what he thinks may be a widely overlooked part of the cosmos: the quantum vacuum. He suggests ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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