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A small cylinder developed by an international collaboration of researchers can conceal itself, and everything it contains, from machines such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanners or airport security devices. The cloak was created by experts from Spain and Slovakia.
The basic operating principle behind the cylind... |
23 March 2012
08:27 GMT |
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A method has been invented that will monumentally accelerate the transfer speeds of hard drive units.A team of physicists has discovered a new way to write data on magnetic storage units.Data on HDD platters is recorded by inverting the poles of a magnet. So far, this inversion has been achieved through the applicati... |
8 February 2012
07:20 GMT |
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A group of researchers in the United Kingdom announces the development of the world's first magnetic soap. The product features iron that is dissolved in liquid surfactants, which means that it can be controlled in whatever way is needed, simply by subjecting it to magnetic fields.
University of Bristol scienti... |
24 January 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Observations physicists are trying to conduct at the world's largest particle accelerator are hampered by what the team there plastically refers to as UFOs. They say that unidentified falling objects continue to get in the way of the accelerated proton beams, stifling observations.
The Large Hadron Collider (L... |
29 November 2011
09:49 GMT |
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The 2010 BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill that affected the Gulf of Mexico evidenced a major flaw in the design of underwater, autonomous, robotic vehicles, namely that they cannot properly anchor themselves to anything. Recently, experts managed to address this issue in an innovative manner.
Scientists at the Massac... |
11 November 2011
06:41 GMT |
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According to the results of a new analysis produced by electrical engineers at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB), it would appear that replacing electrical microprocessors with their magnetic counterparts might help improve performance, while at the same time reducing consumption.In the future, computers... |
4 July 2011
02:41 GMT |
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At this point, in order to create highly-efficient, top-quality magnets, manufacturers need to use a class of chemicals known as rare-Earth elements (REE), supplies of which are starting to become unavailable. But new composite materials currently being developed could eliminate this need entirely.REE are not a rare ... |
20 January 2011
04:08 GMT |
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For many years, astronomers have believed that planets existing beyond our solar system couldn't have been protected by a magnetic field similar to our planet's, especially if they were Earth-sized or smaller. As you all know by now, discovering Earth-like planets around dwarf stars or Sun-like stars is the... |
30 November 2010
07:09 GMT |
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Experts at Berkeley Lab recently took a hard look at how future particle accelerators will be powered, and naturally arrived at the conclusion that superconductor technologies need improvement.Superconductors and superconducting magnets have been around for some time, and they promise to underlie a new range of extre... |
11 September 2010
03:47 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking experiment, investigators at the University of Minnesota, in the United States, recently managed to confirm the existence of giant saturation magnetization materials. In addition to this achievement, the group also managed to demonstrate that the predicted limit of maximum magnetism for an object ... |
22 March 2010
07:28 GMT |
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Though the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is operational at this point, engineers working on the international project are painfully aware that the largest physics experiment in the world is more than a year behind schedule. It is also operating at a fraction of the energy it is capable of, analysts add, and the current... |
24 February 2010
02:53 GMT |
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For scientists at the Florida State University (FSU), Christmas gifts came in the form of the world's most powerful high-field 'resistive' magnet. With the new instrument, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) again becomes the world leader in high magnetic field research, the university ... |
7 January 2010
06:25 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking, new work, scientists at the FOM institute AMOLF, in the Netherlands, managed to use the magnetic field of light to power up an energy transfer between nanoelectromagnets. This has never been achieved before anywhere in the world, and the group is very excited about its success. In addition to bre... |
23 December 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Arguably the most dangerous stage of a space flight is the reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. The process is so harsh that space agencies involved in the International Space Station (ISS) use it to destroy the resupply capsules completely. They are steered into the incorrect angle, and they burn up and disinte... |
26 November 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Javier Atencia is an investigator that spent a lot of time toying with microfluidic devices, the small, scientific instruments made up of tiny channels that conduct fluids, which can be used for a very wide array of applications, including water diagnostics and decontamination. Like others before him, he came to the ... |
18 November 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Scientists at the technology company Novateq Guerrero SNL have recently announced the development of a new type of linear transport system, one that is absolutely clean and does not harm the environment. The system draws its energy in part from the permanent magnetic fields that certain magnetic materials generate at... |
5 November 2009
07:04 GMT |
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Scientists at the Duke University are among the leading ones in the world when it comes to figuring out ways of tapping into everyday, common actions for extracting electricity. They are especially good at converting forms of energy such as motion in other forms that can power up computers and cell phones, as well as... |
29 October 2009
05:00 GMT |
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According to CERN, the operator of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), engineers have recently been able to successfully inject particle beams inside sections of the amazingly large particle accelerator. The world's largest physics experiment was shut down in September 2008, after a leak compromised a section of th... |
27 October 2009
04:56 GMT |
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has just awarded a further $1.2 million in grant money to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) Applied Superconductivity Center (ASC), so that experts there could continue their research on one of the most promising superconductor materials ever found. The money will g... |
14 October 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Everyone knows that one of the basic traits magnets have is sporting two poles. If you break a larger magnet into two smaller ones, then each of the them will have a “north” and a “south pole.” For some time, experts have theorized that it could be possible to create magnetic monopoles, as in ... |
7 October 2009
06:01 GMT |
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After more than 10 years of arduous debate in the international scientific community as to whether gas and liquids can exhibit magnetic properties, and become ferromagnets, an international collaboration has brought the final arguments to the table. The scientists involved in the new research managed to observed magn... |
3 October 2009
04:43 GMT |
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Experts from the Children's Hospital Boston (CHB) have recently devised a new method of controlling nanoparticles and the drugs they contain, via the use of magnets. There is little doubt among healthcare professionals that nanostructures will deliver drugs to people's bodies in the future. But one of t... |
19 September 2009
04:46 GMT |
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Atomic physicists were recently puzzled to discover a type of gas that could have the ability to start a new type of physics all by itself. The chemical exhibits some very peculiar properties, when its initial conditions are changed. For instance, when its temperature is dropped to the ultra-cold range, it begins to ... |
19 September 2009
02:52 GMT |
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In a strange turn of events, we note that it's not the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that has the most powerful magnets, but a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine. The monstrosity is apparently able to generate a 9.4 Tesla magnetic field, and boasts a magnet that weighs 45 tons. To its praise, the LHC indeed featur... |
18 September 2009
06:58 GMT |
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Stem cells are known among health experts for their almost limitless healing potential, but their efficacy is highly dependent on whether they can reach their destined location or not. In some forms of treatment, a large part of the cells gets lost on the way, which reduces the health benefits of the overall treatmen... |
18 August 2009
06:36 GMT |
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When refrigerators first started making their way into the homes of average people, around the first third of the 20th century, they created a true revolution. Food could then be kept frozen for a long time, and people no longer had to rely on ice suppliers to get their cooling sources. With these devices, along with... |
18 May 2009
09:06 GMT |
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On Tuesday, Florida authorities announced that they were at that point attempting to use magnets as a means of keeping crocodiles away from major cities. The technique was reportedly successfully used in the past to relocate about two dozen reptiles to a new home. It acts by disrupting the “homing” abilit... |
25 February 2009
04:31 GMT |
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Rock carving, created by removing parts of a rock surface, are found worldwide and are often (but not always) associated with prehistoric peoples. They are some of the first forms of art and precursors of technology and writing systems.Modern day nanoscopic carvings are an expression of the most modern technologies ... |
19 June 2007
05:55 GMT |
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You surely love your body. And you do not want to display post-surgery scars when you're at the beach. This could be done as a team of urologists and surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center and engineers at UT Arlington Automation and Robotics Research Institute are on the way to developing a breakthrough sys... |
26 March 2007
03:15 GMT |
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