News articles tagged with 'field'
Charge it: Neutral atoms made to act like electrically charged particles
— 1 Apr 2011 15:18 | TechnologyCompleting the story they started by creating synthetic magnetic fields, scientists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and…
Berkeley Lab researchers make first perovskite-based superlens for the infrared
— 30 Mar 2011 16:22 | TechnologySuperlenses earned their superlative by being able to capture the 'evanescent' light waves that blossom close to an illuminated surface and never travel far enough to be 'seen' by a…
Integral spots matter a millisecond from doom
— 28 Mar 2011 18:07 | AstronomyESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory has spotted extremely hot matter just a millisecond before it plunges into the oblivion of a black hole. But is it really doomed? These unique observations…
Enhancing the magnetism
— 19 Mar 2011 14:49 | Physics'The nation that controls magnetism will control the universe,' famed fictional detective Dick Tracy predicted back in 1935. Probably an overstatement, but there's little doubt the…
An icy gaze into the Big Bang
— 19 Mar 2011 14:29 | PhysicsScientists of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck, Austria, have reached a milestone in the exploration of quantum gas mixtures. In an international…
Fundamental discovery could lead to better memory chips
— 15 Mar 2011 19:59 | TechnologyEngineering researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to improve the performance of ferroelectric materials, which have the potential to make memory devices with more…
Nanorods developed in UC Riverside lab could greatly improve visual display of information
— 14 Mar 2011 20:06 | TechnologyChemists at the University of California, Riverside have developed tiny, nanoscale-size rods of iron oxide particles in the lab that respond to an external magnetic field in a way that…
Catching space weather in the act
— 18 Feb 2011 18:14 | EnvironmentClose to the globe, Earth's magnetic field wraps around the planet like a gigantic spherical web, curving in to touch Earth at the poles. But this isn't true as you get further from…
Seeing the light: Berkeley Lab scientists bring plasmonic nanofields into focus
— 5 Feb 2011 14:30 | TechnologyIn typical plasmonic devices, electromagnetic waves crowd into tiny metal structures, concentrating energy into nanoscale dimensions. Due to coupling of electronics and photonics in…
Tracking the origins of speedy space particles
— 1 Feb 2011 21:42 | AstronomyNASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interaction during Substorms (THEMIS) spacecraft combined with computer models have helped track the origin of the energetic particles in…