Physics News

Sep 14, 2011 by News Staff

Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, during tests of new nanomaterial called nanoblades for use in hydrogen storage, have discovered that it can store and release hydrogen extremely fast and at low temperatures compared to similar materials. Another important aspect of the new material is that it is also rechargeable. These attributes could make it ideal for use in onboard hydrogen storage for next-generation hydrogen or fuel cell vehicles. The...

Sep 6, 2011 by News Staff

A constant stabilization experiment of a quantum state has been successfully completed for the first time by a team from the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel,...

Aug 30, 2011 by News Staff

Researchers from Germany, France and the United Kingdom have engineered a material that exhibits a rare and versatile trait in magnetism at room temperature. Writing...

Aug 25, 2011 by News Staff

The CLOUD experiment at CERN has been designed to study the effect of cosmic rays on the formation of atmospheric aerosols under controlled laboratory...

Aug 18, 2011 by News Staff

A team of University of Pennsylvania physicists has shown how to disrupt the ‘coffee ring effect’ — the ring-shaped stain of particles left...

Aug 16, 2011 by News Staff

Scientists in a lab with Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station in southern Guangdong Province have found neutrino through two detecting instruments, which is...

Aug 15, 2011 by News Staff

An international team of researchers takes an important step toward giving physicists the ability to effectively make movies of individual electrons. If...