 | Large Hadron Collider Set To Unveil A New World Of Particle Physics
Source: UCSC Posted: 8/28/2008
The field of particle physics is poised to enter unknown territory with the startup of a massive new accelerator--the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)--in Europe this summer. On September 10, LHC scientists will attempt to send the first beam of protons speeding around the accelerator.
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 | Cluster Watches Earth’s Leaky Atmosphere
Source: ESA Posted: 8/28/2008
Oxygen is constantly leaking out of Earth’s atmosphere and into space. Now, ESA’s formation-flying quartet of satellites, Cluster, has discovered the physical mechanism that is driving the escape.
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 | New 'Nano-Positioners' May Have Atomic-Scale Precision
Source: Purdue Posted: 8/28/2008
Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device, called a monolithic comb drive, which can be used as a 'nanoscale manipulator' that precisely moves or senses movement and forces.
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 | Quantum 'Traffic Jam' in High-Temperature Superconductors
Source: BNL Posted: 8/28/2008
Scientists have uncovered the first experimental evidence for why the transition temperature of high-temperature superconductors cannot simply be elevated by increasing the electrons' binding energy.
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 | NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 8/1/2008
Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced by the heating of samples.
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 | Major Discovery May Unleash Solar Revolution
Source: MIT Posted: 8/1/2008
In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine.
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 | New Technique To Compress Light Discovered
Source: Berkeley Posted: 8/1/2008
Scientists have devised a way to squeeze light into tighter spaces than ever thought possible, potentially opening doors to new technology in the fields of optical communications, miniature lasers and optical computers.
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 | The First Stars
Source: CfA Harvard Posted: 8/1/2008
A new computer simulation now offers the most detailed picture yet of how first stars came into existence after Big Bang about 13.7 billion years ago.
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 | Einsteins Theory Passes Strict, New Test
Source: NSF Posted: 7/8/2008
Astronomers have measured an effect predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity in the extremely strong gravity of a pair of superdense neutron stars.
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 | Milky Way's Inner Beauty Revealed
Source: CfA Harvard Posted: 7/8/2008
Astronomers have worked for decades to map the Milky Way and its spiral arms. They have just discovered a new spiral arm on the far side of the galactic center from Earth.
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