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» The Menace of Underground Ice
13/10/11 16:00 from Physical Review Focus -
A new model explains how subterranean ice can grow into large sheets that lift the earth and damage roads and buildings. Image: Emma Pike via Wikimedia Commons
» Nobel Focus: Discovery of Quasicrystals
06/10/11 21:35 from Physical Review Focus -
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognizes the discovery of quasicrystals, in which atoms are ordered over long distances but not in the periodically repeating arrangement of traditional crystals. Image: Inductiveload via Wikimedia Common..
» The Purest X-Ray Beam
27/09/11 21:29 from Physical Review Focus -
Measurements of the world's first x-ray laser show that it produces the most coherent (laser-like) and the purest (monochromatic) x-ray beam ever measured. Image: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
» Cold Atoms Reveal Their Crystalline Nature
21/09/11 20:17 from Physical Review Focus -
Experimentalists have mapped the quantum states (band structure) of cold atoms mimicking electrons in a crystal. The technique should allow researchers to study new aspects of electrons in crystals using the atoms as a model. Image: J. Krau..
» Tsunami Puzzle Explained
14/09/11 22:12 from Physical Review Focus -
Simulations explain why the first wave of a tsunami is sometimes less devastating than the subsequent waves. A resonance effect can boost the waves that come later. Image: David Rydevik via Wikimedia Commons
» Rod-Shaped Nucleus
08/09/11 21:30 from Physical Review Focus -
Calculations suggest that a rapidly spinning oxygen nucleus can deform into a linear configuration of four small clusters in a row--the first clear evidence for such a \"linear-chain\" state in any nucleus. Image: Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 , 11250..
» Sweet Music to your Nerves
01/09/11 21:29 from Physical Review Focus -
A theoretical model of neurons associated with hearing may explain why certain note combinations are more pleasing than others. New research supports the theory by quantifying the effect. Image: Radius Images/Punchstock
» Pioneer Anomaly is Fading
16/08/11 22:11 from Physical Review Focus -
Analysis of newly retrieved navigational data for the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft suggests that an anomalous acceleration in their motion is steadily decreasing, pointing to asymmetric radiation of heat as the likely cause, rather than the..
» Ultrasound Cleans with a Twist
10/08/11 14:04 from Physical Review Focus -
A rapidly expanding and collapsing microbubble in a fluid exerts forces strong enough to roll submerged particles stuck to a solid surface, which may explain how ultrasonic cleaning of jewelry and silicon wafers in a liquid removes dirt. Im..
» Random Roads Less Travelled
03/08/11 17:23 from Physical Review Focus -
A uniform city street plan may produce heavy traffic everywhere, whereas a random network of road connections leaves some roads open, according to a mathematical model. Image: A. Chesseron & I. Neri/Univ. of Montpellier 2
» Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering Topical Reviews Collection
21/08/09 03:18 from Journals News
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering is pleased to present four topical reviews which have been published in the journal so far this year.
» GREAT RED SPOT NOT AS GREAT
27/02/09 13:02 from Physics News Update
GREAT RED SPOT NOT AS GREAT The hurricanes that visit the Gulf and Caribbean in September and even the huge jetstream that dominates winter weath. . .