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Stephen Hawking book explains creation of universe minus God
Describing the creator as "not necessary" in his latest book is just another day at the office for that whimsical scamp Stephen Hawking, better ...
11 hours ago from USA today
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Wave hub installed off Cornish coast
The Wave Hub marine energy project has been installed on the seabed following an operation to lower the 12-tonne hub into 55m of water.
8 hours ago from The Engineer
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Magnetism's subatomic roots: Study of high-tech materials helps explain everyday phenomenon
(PhysOrg.com) -- The modern world -- with its ubiquitous electronic devices and electrical power -- can trace its lineage directly to the discovery, less than two centuries ago, of the link ...
Fri 3 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Evidence of second fast north-south pole flip found
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Earth's magnetic poles flip around every 200,000 years or so, with north becoming south and vice versa. Normally, the process takes 4-5,000 years and it ought to be impossible ...
12 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Blog - Physicists Build A Memory That Stores Entanglement
The first quantum memory that stores and releases entanglement has been built by researchers in Switzerland
15 hours ago from MIT Technology Review
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Carlos '97 free kick no fluke, say French physicists
Roberto Carlos' free kick goal against France in 1997's Tournoi de France is thought by many to have been the most skilful free kick goal - from 35m with a powerful curling banana trajectory ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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A model system for group behavior of nanomachines
For the casual observer it is fascinating to watch the orderly and seemingly choreographed motion of hundreds or even thousands of fish, birds or insects. However, the formation and the manifold ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Glasperlenspiel: Scientists propose new test for gravity
A new experiment proposed* by physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology may allow researchers to test the effects of gravity with unprecedented precision at very short ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Effect of heat treatment on the superconducting properties of Ag-doped Sr0.6K0.4Fe2As2 compounds
The Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, and China Research have collaborated to reveal the heat-treatment ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from Eurekalert
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Problem of fake medicines in developing countries could be solved
Counterfeiting of drugs is a huge industry with an annual turnover of more than SEK 500 billion. In Africa the situation is extremely serious. Half of the malaria medication sold there could ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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