Ultrashort Laser Pulses Squeezed Out of Graphene
Graphene, hailed as one of the thinnest, strongest and most conductive materials ever found, seems to have bagged one more amazing property.
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Japanese Lab Workers Exposed to Radiation
While the leak was small, it received intensive coverage in Japan’s news media, a reflection of the country’s anxiety over nuclear ...
What goes on when lightning strikes?
One lightning flash could run a whole power station – and there are 8 million strikes around the Earth every day. We still don't know what triggers ...
Alt-week 5.25.13: regenerating limbs, robo-politans and science's playground
Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days. We think it's fair to say that, we all aspire to a ...
Big Bang image inspires scientists in quest to solve the mystery of creation
When European space scientists released an image of the Big Bang afterglow, US cosmologist Lawrence Krauss wrote that no one could look at it without ...
The physics of baseball
The May 19 Sports article“Three strikes and you’re typical” referred to pitch speed as velocity. The correct term is, in fact, “speed” because ...
Various Links
The Smithsonian has a long article about Lisa Randall here. The Wall Street Journal has a shorter article about Randall’s high school classmate Brian ...
Rice Unveils Method for Tailoring Optical Processors
Rice University researchers have developed a method for arranging metal nanoparticles in geometric patterns that can act as optical ...
Now this is a Fusion
My job can be pretty awesome. Today was one of those really special days. I visited the Air Force Research Laboratory's Shiva Star.
How to Run With the Bulls
High-beta, pro-volatility, momentum ETFs...all provide impressive gains in bull markets, but bring stomach-churning disappointments when things go ...