Physics

  1. Materials Science

    Viruses could power devices

    Viruses — the biological kind — could be used to construct more efficient, environmentally friendly lithium ion batteries

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  2. Physics

    Spin control for technology

    Long-lived helix offers a new way to keep electron spin stable and in sync

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  3. Astronomy

    Planck by Planck

    The launch of the European Space Agency’s Planck mission, set for late April or early May, will put into orbit a new tool —the microwave equivalent of polarized sunglasses — that may offer a view of the dawn of time.

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  4. Chemistry

    Exxon Valdez oil lingers, as does its toxicity

    Even 20 years after a major oil spill, barely degraded pockets of the oil persist within some intertidal beaches, research shows.

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  5. Space

    Quantum entanglement can be too much of a good thing

    An overdose of the spooky connection can break down quantum computing systems, researchers find.

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  6. Physics

    Never mind the Pollock ‘fractals’

    Scientists strengthen claim that fractal analysis is moot.

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  7. Chemistry

    Helping molecules reach meta

    Researchers find a simple way to get molecules into the meta position on an aromatic ring, opening fresh possibilities for making new compounds.

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  8. Physics

    Evidence mounts for an exotic supersolid

    Rubidium atoms simultaneously act like a solid and a superfluid.

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  9. Materials Science

    The American Physical Society Meeting

    Get your daily physics news here from the March meeting of the American Physical Society.

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  10. Physics

    Elusive Higgs particle has fewer hideouts

    Physicists have announced new limits on the mass of the elusive Higgs boson. The particle's discovery would complete the standard model of particle physics.

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  11. Earth

    Goo gives eels just the right buoyancy

    Scientists survey the specific gravity of 25 marine critters.

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  12. Materials Science

    Cornering the Terahertz Gap

    Controlling light’s path could enable invisibility or harness an intriguing but so far elusive stretch of the spectrum.

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