 Researchers Design Band-Aid-Size Tactile Display June 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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Currently, we get most of our information from computers through visual and audio features. But as researchers from Korea point out, the most widespread sense on the human body is touch. While some tactile ... | |
 'Squeezed' Light May Improve Gravitational Wave Detectors June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 54 vote(s)
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A research collaboration has taken steps toward improving the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors, devices designed to measure distance changes as minute as one-thousandth the diameter of a proton. ... | |
Terahertz laser source at room temperature June 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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“There is a growing interest in utilizing terahertz radiation, or T-rays, for a variety of applications,” Mikhail Belkin, a scientist at Harvard University, tells PhysOrg.com. “The terahertz region is a part of the ... | |
Evidence of a Bose glass state? May 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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"In nano-sized systems many physical properties are greatly altered from those of macroscopic-sized systems. Therefore, study of nano-sized systems, in general, is very important in developing fundamental physics," Keiya ... | |
 Intelligent Computers See Your Human Traits May 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Today’s computers can do a lot as far as computation goes, but they tend to do it in an impersonal, stand-offish way, so to speak. However, computer engineers are busy changing that, as they try to give computers ... | |
 A Test of the Copernican Principle May 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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The Copernican principle states that the Earth is not the center of the universe, and that, as observers, we don’t occupy a special place. First stated by Copernicus in the 16th century, today the idea is ... | |
 Toy-Like Microboat Could Carry Tiny Cargoes May 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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As a child, Cheng Luo, an engineer from the University of Texas at Arlington, recalls playing with wooden toy boats that were propelled forward when a drop of oil was placed on the back of the boats. When ... | |
 A Smarter Way to Grow Graphene May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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Graphene, a sheet of carbon just one atom thick, has many potential uses in the electronics industry, but producing these ideal two-dimensional carbon sheets is very difficult and, as a result, their use has ... | |
Precise Alignment to Quantum Dots May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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“Precise lithographic alignment to site-controlled quantum dots is of major importance for numerous nano-photonic, nano-electronic and nano-spintronic devices,” Sven Höfling tells PhysOrg.com. | |
 Flies' eyes could enhance robot vision May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Robots with flies' eyes could take advantage of the insect’s vision system to better locate the edges and boundaries of objects. This ability could help robots perform a variety of tasks more quickly and accurately ... | |
 Researchers Observe Hydrogen-Bond Exchange May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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Hydrogen bonds are quite small, on the level of a few angstroms. They can also be passed between two different molecules very quickly, at speeds of tens of times per second. But in spite of these properties, ... | |
 Large mammal species live harder, die out faster May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Throughout Earth’s history, species have come and gone, being replaced by new ones that are better able to cope with life’s challenges. But some species last longer than others, while others may die out sooner ... | |
Is quantum Internet search on the way? May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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In classical computing, random access memory (RAM) is needed to make things “work.” But it is subject to a certain level of energy loss. But what if you could create low-energy quantum access memory (QRAM) that would not ... | |
 'Nanomechanical Oscillators' Could Lead to New Class of Computers May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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More than 50 years ago, a graduate student in Japan conceived the “Parametron,” an electrical circuit that could form the basis for digital computers. The concept ultimately fell flat, but recently a pair ... | |
 Physicists Build a Quantum Gambling Machine April 30, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Quantum gambling machines may not be popping up at futuristic casinos any time soon, but the devices could have other uses – such as enabling physicists to study game theory in situations where cheating is ... | |
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