News articles tagged with 'experimental'
Quantum simulator becomes accessible to the world
— 24 Feb 2011 18:53 | PhysicsExperimental physicists have put a lot of effort in isolating sensitive measurements from the disruptive influences of the environment. In an international first, Austrian quantum physicists…
Scientists build world's first anti-laser
— 18 Feb 2011 17:56 | TechnologyMore than 50 years after the invention of the laser, scientists at Yale University have built the world's first anti-laser, in which incoming beams of light interfere with one another…
Current decisions shape your future preferences
— 24 Sep 2010 10:41 | HealthPsychologists have known for a long time that after you make a choice, you adjust your opinion to think better of the thing you chose. Now a new study has found that this is true even…
Physicists cross hurdle in quantum manipulation of matter
— 18 Sep 2010 08:49 | PhysicsFinding ways to control matter at the level of single atoms and electrons fascinates many scientists and engineers because the ability to manipulate single charges and single magnetic…
Pinning atoms into order
— 29 Jul 2010 11:46 | PhysicsIn an international first, physicists of the University of Innsbruck, Austria have experimentally observed a quantum phenomenon, where an arbitrarily weak perturbation causes atoms…
Statistical technique improves nanotechnology data
— 1 Jul 2009 06:15 | TechnologyA new statistical analysis technique that identifies and removes systematic bias, noise and equipment-based artefacts from experimental data could lead to more precise and reliable…
Scientists succeed in creating transgenic primate
— 27 May 2009 17:00 | BiologyA team of scientists headed by Erika Sasaki, Laboratory Head of the Central Institute of Experimental Animals, and Professor Hideyuki Okano of the Keio University School of Medicine…
Songbird study provides concrete measure of biology's impact on culture
— 4 May 2009 08:04 | BiologyDuring infancy, each of us emerges from a delightful but largely incoherent babble of syllables and learns to speak - normally, in the language of those who care for us. But imagine…
Human brain contains neurones with a preference for whole real words
— 30 Apr 2009 12:18 | HealthA new study provides direct experimental evidence that a brain region important for reading and word recognition contains neurones that are highly selective for individual real words.…
New Mexican health-care program successful at reducing crippling health care costs
— 8 Apr 2009 12:23 | HealthSeguro Popular, a Mexican health care program instituted in 2003, has already reduced crippling health care costs among poorer households, according to an evaluation conducted by researchers…