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Physics News Feeds for Friday August 22, 2008

Scientific American Physics Feed (Top 5 items)

1. After the Crash: How Software Models Doomed the Markets (Thu Nov 20 11:00 pm)
   If Hollywood makes a movie about the worst financial crisis since the Great De­­pres­­sion, a basement room in a government building in Washington will serve as the setting for a key scene. There investment bankers from the...
2. A Cut above: Ultrapowerful Laser Offers Greater Precision Sans Heat Damage [Slide Show] (Thu Nov 20 4:15 pm)
   Most lasers rely on continuous waves of energy to generate heat that allows doctors to make cuts during surgery, computers to burn information onto CDs and DVDs, and scanners to read bar codes. But a newer type of laser promises to do all of...
3. New Quantum Weirdness: Balls That Don't Roll Off Cliffs (Wed Nov 19 11:00 pm)
   A good working definition of quantum mechanics is that things are the exact opposite of what you thought they were. Empty space is full, particles are waves, and cats can be both alive and dead at the same time. Recently a group of physicists...
4. Quantum Computing Advances a Qubit Closer to Reality (Wed Nov 19 3:52 pm)
   Quantum computers are a sort of holy grail of information science. Their inherent computational advantage comes from their fundamental computational unit, the quantum bit ("qubit"). Unlike a digital bit in a classical computer, which...
5. Enceladus: Secrets of Saturn's Strangest Moon (Wed Nov 19 6:00 am)
   When the Voyager 2 spacecraft sped through the Saturnian system more than a quarter of a century ago, it came within 90,000 kilometers of the moon Enceladus. Over the course of a few hours, its cameras returned a handful of images that confounded...

American Institute of Physics News Update (Top 5 items)

1. USING SUNLIGHT MORE EFFICIENTLY (Fri Oct 24 10:45 am)
   Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colo have developed a way for low-cost solar cells to more efficiently conv. . .
2. BUCKY BEAMS (Fri Oct 24 10:45 am)
   Once nanochip manufacturers have made their multi-layered structures it is necessary also for them to verify precisely that the layers are composed i. . .
3. TRAPPING SINGLE MOLECULES (Fri Oct 24 10:45 am)
   at room temperature, and studying their properties has been accomplished by Adam Cohen and his colleagues at Harvard. Pinning down one molecule at a . . .

PhysicsWorld Headline News (Top 5 items)

1. New accelerator enhances radiotherapy accuracy (Wed Nov 19 5:57 am)
   NPL's new linac will streamline the process of calibrating radiotherapy equipment.
2. Nanorotors move together (Tue Nov 18 10:28 am)
   Array of tiny rotors could power 'nanobots'
3. First 'bona fide' direct images of exoplanets (Thu Nov 13 1:00 pm)
   Hubble, Gemini and Keck spot four new planets outside our Solar System
4. Bendy wires generate AC power (Wed Nov 12 9:19 am)
   Device could supply energy to medical implants
5. Invisibility extends out of its shell (Tue Nov 11 10:03 am)
   This invisibility cloak can make a nearby object vanish, say researchers

EurekaAlert Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Sciences News (Top 5 items)

1. Barrow scientists solve 200-year-old scientific debate involving visual illusions (Wed Nov 19 11:00 pm)
   (St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center) Neuroscientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have discovered a direct link between eye motions and the perception of illusory motion that solves a 200-year-old...
2. Supercontinuum generation and soliton dynamics milestone achieved (Wed Nov 19 11:00 pm)
   (Optical Society of America) A research team led by Fetah Benabid, University of Bath, has observed for the first time the simultaneous emission of two resonant dispersive waves by optical solitons, waves that maintain their shape while traveling...
3. ORNL supercomputer simulation wins prize for fastest-running science application (Wed Nov 19 11:00 pm)
   (DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) A team led by Thomas Schulthess of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory received the prestigious 2008 Association for Computing Machinery Gordon Bell Prize Thursday after attaining...
4. Texas invests record $3.5 million in startup cofounded by UT's Mauro Ferrari (Wed Nov 19 11:00 pm)
   (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) NanoMedical Systems Inc., an Austin-based startup cofounded by Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, to improve the effectiveness of anti-cancer...
5. UC San Diego announces collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development (Wed Nov 19 11:00 pm)
   (University of California - San Diego) University of California, San Diego Health Sciences leaders have announced that they have executed a formal Memorandum of Understanding with Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.,...

EurekaAlert Space & Planetary Science News (Top 5 items)

1. 'The Physics of Impossible Things' at Perimeter Institute -- public lecture Dec. 3 (Wed Nov 19 11:00 pm)
   (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) Professor Ben Schumacher of Kenyon College will speak on "The Physics of Impossible Things" Dec. 3 at Perimeter Institute.
2. Space science missions possible through Constellation (Wed Nov 19 11:00 pm)
   (National Academy of Sciences) A new report from the National Research Council, "Launching science: Science opportunities provided by NASA's constellation program", reviews science missions that would be uniquely suited to the new Constellation...
3. Scientists discover concealed glaciers on Mars at mid-latitudes (Wed Nov 19 11:00 pm)
   (University of Texas at Austin) Vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris persist today at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on Mars, says new research using ground-penetrating radar...
4. Fluid dynamics virtual press room now open (Tue Nov 18 11:00 pm)
   (American Institute of Physics) The virtual press room for next week's 61st Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics in San Antonio is now open. On this page, you will find news tips, stunning images and cool...
5. NAS announces initiative to connect entertainment industry with top experts (Tue Nov 18 11:00 pm)
   (National Academy of Sciences) The National Academy of Sciences announced today the creation of "The Science and Entertainment Exchange," an initiative designed to connect entertainment industry professionals with top scientists and engineers...

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