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New Filtration Material Could Make Petroleum Refining Cheaper, More Efficient 17 hours ago − National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) A newly synthesized material might provide a dramatically improved method for separating the highest-octane components of gasoline. Measurements at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have clarified* why. The research team, which included scientists from NIST and several other universities, has published its findings in the journal Science.* …

•	Milwaukee-York Researchers Forward Quest for Quantum Computing − 17 hours ago
•	A Quantum Simulator for Magnetic Materials − 17 hours ago
•	Detecting Mirror Molecules − Yesterday
•	Meeting the 'Grand Challenge' of a Sustainable Water Supply − Yesterday
•	More Emphasis Needed on Recycling And Reuse of Li-ion Batteries − Yesterday
•	Fast New, 1-step Genetic Engineering Technology − Yesterday
•	Magnetic Fingerprints of Superfluid Helium-3 − Yesterday
•	New Technique May Open Up an Era of Atomic-scale Semiconductor Devices − Yesterday
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Mof 05-23-13	New Filtration Material Could Make Petroleum Refining Cheaper, More Efficient

Lithium Ion 05-22-13	More Emphasis Needed on Recycling And Reuse of Li-ion Batteries The discovery of potential environmental and human health effects from disposal of millions of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries each year has led scientists to recommend stronger government policies to encourage…

Variants 05-22-13	Detecting Mirror Molecules Harvard physicists have developed a novel technique that can detect molecular variants in chemical mixtures – greatly simplifying a process that is one of the most important, though time-consuming,…

Vapor 05-22-13	New Technique May Open Up an Era of Atomic-scale Semiconductor Devices

Magnetic 05-23-13	A Quantum Simulator for Magnetic Materials Physicists understand perfectly well why a fridge magnet sticks to certain metallic surfaces. But there are more exotic forms of magnetism whose properties remain unclear, despite decades of intense…

Genetic 05-22-13	Fast New, 1-step Genetic Engineering Technology A new, streamlined approach to genetic engineering drastically reduces the time and effort needed to insert new genes into bacteria, the workhorses of biotechnology, scientists are reporting. Published in…

05-22-13	Meeting the 'Grand Challenge' of a Sustainable Water Supply Scientists and engineers must join together in a major new effort to educate the public and decision makers on a crisis in providing Earth's people with clean water that…

Helium 3 05-22-13	Magnetic Fingerprints of Superfluid Helium-3

Properties 05-23-13	Milwaukee-York Researchers Forward Quest for Quantum Computing Research teams from UW-Milwaukee and the University of York investigating the properties of ultra-thin films of new materials are helping bring quantum computing one step closer to reality. …

Carbon 05-21-13	New Method for Producing Clean Hydrogen

Droplets 05-21-13	Soft Matter Offers New Ways to Study How Ordered Materials Arrange Themselves

Waters 05-22-13	Bacterial Spare Parts Filter Antibiotic Residue from Groundwater Researchers at University of Cincinnati have developed and tested a solar-powered nano filter that is able to remove harmful carcinogens and antibiotics from water sources – lakes and rivers…

Pores 05-20-13	Penn Research Makes Advance in Nanotech Gene Sequencing Technique

Iron 05-16-13	Carbon in a Twirl: The Science Behind a Self-assembled Nano-carbon Helix

Ink 05-20-13	Opening Doors to Foldable Electronics with Inkjet-printed Graphene Imagine a bendable tablet computer or an electronic newspaper that could fold to fit in a pocket. The technology for these devices may not be so far off.…

Fall 04-30-13	Is Antimatter Anti-gravity?

Astatine 05-14-13	Scientists Uncover the Fundamental Property of Astatine, the Rarest Atom on Earth

Quantum 04-03-12	Quantum Information Motion Control Is Now Improved Physicists have recently devised a new method for handling the effect of the interplay between vibrations and electrons on electronic transport. Their paper is about to be published in…

Sweat 05-21-13	UC Davis Engineers Create On-wetting Fabric Drains Sweat

Living 12-10-12	Do We Live in a Computer Simulation? Researchers Say Idea Can Be Tested

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Cosmology, Big Bang

Quantum Thermodynamics 5 months ago − Joint Quantum Institute

•	Exotic Atoms Hold Clues to Unsolved Physics Puzzle at the Dawn of the Universe − 15 days ago
•	SDSC's Gordon Supercomputer Assists in Crunching Large Hadron Collider Data − 1 months ago
•	Measuring the Magnetism of Antimatter − 1 months ago
•	New Antimatter Method to Provide 'A Major Experimental Advantage' − 4 months ago
•	World's Smallest Droplets − 7 days ago
•	University of Huddersfield Physicist Investigates the Big Bang Particle − 6 months ago



Particle Physics, Accelerator

World's Smallest Droplets 7 days ago − Vanderbilt University

•	Observation of Second Sound in a Quantum Gas − 8 days ago
•	Scientists Uncover the Fundamental Property of Astatine, the Rarest Atom on Earth − 9 days ago
•	Pitt Chemists Demonstrate Nanoscale Alloys So Bright They Could Have Potential Medical Applications − 9 days ago
•	Scientists Demonstrate Pear Shaped Atomic Nuclei − 14 days ago
•	Exotic Atoms Hold Clues to Unsolved Physics Puzzle at the Dawn of the Universe − 15 days ago
•	Microgels' Behavior Under Scrutiny − 23 days ago



Nuclear

One Step Closer to a Quantum Computer 19 days ago − Linköping Universitet

•	World's Smallest Droplets − 7 days ago
•	Scientists Uncover the Fundamental Property of Astatine, the Rarest Atom on Earth − 9 days ago
•	Scientists Demonstrate Pear Shaped Atomic Nuclei − 14 days ago
•	Exotic Atoms Hold Clues to Unsolved Physics Puzzle at the Dawn of the Universe − 15 days ago
•	Magnetic Fingerprints of Superfluid Helium-3 − Yesterday
•	Is Antimatter Anti-gravity? − 23 days ago



Quantum Computing

Magnetic Fingerprints of Superfluid Helium-3 Yesterday − Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

•	Competition in the Quantum World − 3 days ago
•	Observation of Second Sound in a Quantum Gas − 8 days ago
•	Power Plants: UGA Researchers Explore How to Harvest Electricity Directly from Plants − 14 days ago
•	Elucidating Energy Shifts in Optical Tweezers − 15 days ago
•	Quantum Optics with Microwaves − 16 days ago
•	One Step Closer to a Quantum Computer − 19 days ago



Chemistry

Add Boron for Better Batteries 7 days ago − Rice University

•	Detecting Mirror Molecules − Yesterday
•	Opening Doors to Foldable Electronics with Inkjet-printed Graphene − 3 days ago
•	New Filtration Material Could Make Petroleum Refining Cheaper, More Efficient − 17 hours ago
•	Making Gold Green: New Non-toxic Method for Mining Gold − 9 days ago
•	The Molecular Basis of Strawberry Aroma − 10 days ago



Photovoltaics, Solar Cells

Photosynthesis Or Photovoltaics: Weighing the Impact 2 year ago − Arizona State University

•	The Laser Beam as a '3-D Painter' − 8 months ago
•	Catching Some Rays − 11 months ago
•	Solar Concentrator Increases Collection with Less Loss − 1 year 6 months ago
•	Research Findings in Solar Cells Will Have an Impact on Solar Panel Industry − 7 months ago
•	NREL's Multi-junction Solar Cells Teach Scientists How to Turn Plants into Powerhouses − 2 year ago



Photosynthesis

State-of-the-art Beams from Table-top Accelerators 7 months ago − Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

•	Ultrafast Technique Unlocks Design Principles of Quantum Biology − 1 months ago
•	Surprising Findings on Hydrogen Production in Green Algae − 1 months ago
•	X-ray Laser Sees Photosynthesis in Action − 3 months ago
•	A Dual Look at Photosystem II Using the World's Most Powerful X-ray Laser − 3 months ago
•	Power Plants: UGA Researchers Explore How to Harvest Electricity Directly from Plants − 14 days ago



Neutrino

X-ray Laser Takes Aim at Cosmic Mystery 5 months ago − Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory An international collaboration including researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has refined a key process in understanding extreme plasmas such as those found in the sun, stars, at the rims of black holes and galaxy clusters. In short, the team identified a new solution to an astrophysical phenomenon through a series of laser experiments. …

•	UH Manoa Researchers Discover Novel Chemical Route to Form Organic Molecules − 1 year 4 months ago
•	Squeezed Laser Will Bring Gravitational Waves to the Light of Day − 1 year 8 months ago
•	PRACE Awards 320 Million Compute Hours to Ten European Research Projects − 2 year 10 months ago
•	University of Huddersfield Physicist Investigates the Big Bang Particle − 6 months ago
•	Crews Complete First Block of North America's Most Advanced Neutrino Experiment − 8 months ago



Spintoronics

One Step Closer to a Quantum Computer 19 days ago − Linköping Universitet

•	Spintronics Discovery − 15 days ago
•	Exotic Atoms Hold Clues to Unsolved Physics Puzzle at the Dawn of the Universe − 15 days ago
•	1 Step Closer to a Quantum Computer − 23 days ago
•	Quantum Tricks Drive Magnetic Switching into the Fast Lane − 1 months ago
•	Causing Collapse − 2 months ago