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A Promising Catalyst for Solar-Based Hydrogen Energy Production Physics / Materials December 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that a polymer material is an excellent catalyst in a process to produce hydrogen fuel using sunlight and water. The material meets the basic requirements for an ideal catalyst -- including ...

Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical Phenomenon Physics / Physics December 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 97 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Zipf’s law is a testament to the order in our world, showing that the same patterns emerge in a wide variety of situations. The linguist George Kingsley Zipf first proposed the law in 1949, ...

Gas pump made of minerals has no moving parts Physics / Physics November 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 44 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that a type of hard mineral called zeolite can provide a high rate of gas flow in a micro-scale gas pump. Because the pump is based simply on temperature differences ...

High-Temp Superconducting Nanowire System is First of its Kind Nanotechnology / Physics November 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 39 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have, for the first time, created an array of nanowires that are superconducting at relatively high temperatures. This work, published ...

Creating a memory device out of paper Physics / Physics November 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 53 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- As technology continues to shrink, and as memory needs become more demanding, the industry dealing with microelectronics requires devices that are cost-efficient and lightweight. And, while organic materials ...

Finding could lead to advance in nano-surgery Physics / Physics November 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the problems with laser surgery is that the heat produced can damage tissue, and even lead to cell death. Attempts are being made to replace laser surgery with non-thermal plasma interaction, ...

Researchers Induce Superconductivity in an Insulator Physics / Physics November 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 32 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- To continue to improve semiconductor devices, such as transistors, which form the backbone of the consumer electronics industry, researchers need to be able to control the movement and density of the electric ...

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Makes Some Noise Physics / Physics November 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 51 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- A group of physicists studying heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a large particle accelerator located on Long Island, New York, recently showed that the collisions ...

How Time-Traveling Could Affect Quantum Computing Physics / Physics November 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 114 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- If space-time were constructed in such a way that you could travel back in time, it would create some pretty strange effects. One of these oddities, as many people know, is the “grandfather paradox.” Here, ...

Professor Finally Publishes Controversial Brain Theory Technology / Other November 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 109 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- In the late '90s, Asim Roy, a professor of information systems at Arizona State University, began to write a paper on a new brain theory. Now, 10 years later and after several rejections and ...

Can a single molecule behave as a mirror? Nanotechnology / Physics November 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 58 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- “We have shown for the first time, theoretically, that a single molecule can behave as a perfect mirror,” Mario Agio tells PhysOrg.com. “Imagine that your mirror at home becomes a single molecule and ...

Micro Fuel Cells Get Closer to Replacing Batteries Technology / Energy November 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 109 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile electronics have the potential to offer digital luxuries beyond our imagination, but they will never get there on today’s lithium ion batteries. Power has been the weak spot in the ...

Can alkaline earth metals be used in quantum computing? Physics / Physics November 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- "There are a number of different proposals for quantum computing," Andrew Daley tells PhysOrg.com. "These include solid state or semiconductor as well as atomic and molecular systems. We are considering ...

Study Shows How We Evolved Different Personalities General Science / Other November 13, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 45 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Although members of the same species share more than 99 percent of their genetic makeup, individuals often have small differences, such as in their appearance, susceptibility to disease, and ...

Scientists fabricate first plasma transistor Physics / Physics November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 78 vote(s) Since their development in the 1940s, transistors have been at the heart of computers and other modern electronic devices. Transistors – whose job is to start, stop, or amplify electric current – come in all ...

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A Promising Catalyst for Solar-Based Hydrogen Energy Production Physics / Materials December 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that a polymer material is an excellent catalyst in a process to produce hydrogen fuel using sunlight and water. The material meets the basic requirements for an ideal catalyst -- including ...

Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical Phenomenon Physics / Physics December 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 97 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Zipf’s law is a testament to the order in our world, showing that the same patterns emerge in a wide variety of situations. The linguist George Kingsley Zipf first proposed the law in 1949, ...

Gas pump made of minerals has no moving parts Physics / Physics November 28, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 44 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that a type of hard mineral called zeolite can provide a high rate of gas flow in a micro-scale gas pump. Because the pump is based simply on temperature differences ...

High-Temp Superconducting Nanowire System is First of its Kind Nanotechnology / Physics November 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 39 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have, for the first time, created an array of nanowires that are superconducting at relatively high temperatures. This work, published ...

Creating a memory device out of paper Physics / Physics November 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 53 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- As technology continues to shrink, and as memory needs become more demanding, the industry dealing with microelectronics requires devices that are cost-efficient and lightweight. And, while organic materials ...

Finding could lead to advance in nano-surgery Physics / Physics November 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the problems with laser surgery is that the heat produced can damage tissue, and even lead to cell death. Attempts are being made to replace laser surgery with non-thermal plasma interaction, ...

Researchers Induce Superconductivity in an Insulator Physics / Physics November 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 32 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- To continue to improve semiconductor devices, such as transistors, which form the backbone of the consumer electronics industry, researchers need to be able to control the movement and density of the electric ...

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Makes Some Noise Physics / Physics November 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 51 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- A group of physicists studying heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a large particle accelerator located on Long Island, New York, recently showed that the collisions ...

How Time-Traveling Could Affect Quantum Computing Physics / Physics November 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 114 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- If space-time were constructed in such a way that you could travel back in time, it would create some pretty strange effects. One of these oddities, as many people know, is the “grandfather paradox.” Here, ...

Professor Finally Publishes Controversial Brain Theory Technology / Other November 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 109 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- In the late '90s, Asim Roy, a professor of information systems at Arizona State University, began to write a paper on a new brain theory. Now, 10 years later and after several rejections and ...

Can a single molecule behave as a mirror? Nanotechnology / Physics November 18, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 58 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- “We have shown for the first time, theoretically, that a single molecule can behave as a perfect mirror,” Mario Agio tells PhysOrg.com. “Imagine that your mirror at home becomes a single molecule and ...

Micro Fuel Cells Get Closer to Replacing Batteries Technology / Energy November 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 109 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile electronics have the potential to offer digital luxuries beyond our imagination, but they will never get there on today’s lithium ion batteries. Power has been the weak spot in the ...

Can alkaline earth metals be used in quantum computing? Physics / Physics November 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- "There are a number of different proposals for quantum computing," Andrew Daley tells PhysOrg.com. "These include solid state or semiconductor as well as atomic and molecular systems. We are considering ...

Study Shows How We Evolved Different Personalities General Science / Other November 13, 2008 \| User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 45 vote(s) (PhysOrg.com) -- Although members of the same species share more than 99 percent of their genetic makeup, individuals often have small differences, such as in their appearance, susceptibility to disease, and ...

Scientists fabricate first plasma transistor Physics / Physics November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 78 vote(s) Since their development in the 1940s, transistors have been at the heart of computers and other modern electronic devices. Transistors – whose job is to start, stop, or amplify electric current – come in all ...

Editorials

A Promising Catalyst for Solar-Based Hydrogen Energy Production

Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical Phenomenon

Gas pump made of minerals has no moving parts

High-Temp Superconducting Nanowire System is First of its Kind

Creating a memory device out of paper

Finding could lead to advance in nano-surgery

Researchers Induce Superconductivity in an Insulator

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Makes Some Noise

How Time-Traveling Could Affect Quantum Computing

Professor Finally Publishes Controversial Brain Theory

Can a single molecule behave as a mirror?

Micro Fuel Cells Get Closer to Replacing Batteries

Can alkaline earth metals be used in quantum computing?

Study Shows How We Evolved Different Personalities

Scientists fabricate first plasma transistor

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