News articles tagged with 'phase'
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…
Supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton Cycle turbines promise giant leap
— 5 Mar 2011 13:09 | TechnologySandia National Laboratories researchers are moving into the demonstration phase of a novel gas turbine system for power generation, with the promise that thermal-to-electric conversion…
HIV makes protein that may help virus's resurgence
— 26 Feb 2011 16:30 | HealthNew research enhances the current knowledge of how human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1), which causes AIDS, controls the cell cycle of cells that it infects. The new findings…
Cold winters mean more pollution
— 22 Feb 2011 23:11 | EnvironmentDifferences in air pressure over the North Atlantic have meant that the last two winters in Gothenburg, Sweden, have been extremely cold. This has led to the air in Gothenburg being…
Fleeting fluctuations in superconductivity disappear close to transition temperature
— 13 Feb 2011 21:13 | PhysicsAs part of an ongoing effort to uncover details of how high-temperature superconductors carry electrical current with no resistance, scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the U.S.…
Supercomputer unravels structures in DVD materials
— 9 Jan 2011 19:12 | TechnologyAlthough the storage of films and music on a DVD is part of our digital world, the physical basis of the storage mechanism is not understood in detail. In the current issue of the leading…
ORNL scientists crack materials mystery in vanadium dioxide
— 24 Nov 2010 23:00 | ChemistryA systematic study of phase changes in vanadium dioxide has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge…
Quantum simulator and supercomputer at the crossroads
— 4 Oct 2010 10:55 | PhysicsMPQ-LMU scientists in an international collaboration measure for the first time a many-body phase diagram with ultracold atoms in optical lattices at finite temperatures…
Magical BEANs: New nano-sized particles could provide mega-sized data storage
— 18 Sep 2010 08:46 | TechnologyThe ability of phase-change materials to readily and swiftly transition between different phases has made them valuable as a low-power source of non-volatile or 'flash' memory and data…
Scientists develop device to enable improved global data transmission
— 8 Sep 2010 11:51 | TechnologyResearchers have developed a new data transmission system that could substantially improve the transmission capacity and energy efficiency of the world's optical communication networks…