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What University of Georgia professor Edward Kipreos offers is an
What University of Georgia professor Edward Kipreos offers is an absolute version of the Lorentz transformation. Here, reality is forced to choose a p...

Light can usually be confined only with mirrors, or with
Light can usually be confined only with mirrors, or with specialized materials such as photonic crystals. Both of these approaches block light beams; ...

Magnetic flux tubes, with a size of a few hundred kilometres, are
Magnetic flux tubes, with a size of a few hundred kilometres, are essential to the picture because large structures such as sunspots are made up of sm...

The “pane” of glass, so impossibly thin that its individual
The “pane” of glass, so impossibly thin that its individual silicon and oxygen atoms are clearly visible via electron microscopy, was identified i...

For the moment, quantum cryptography works only over distances of
For the moment, quantum cryptography works only over distances of 100 km or so. That’s how far it is possible to send the single photons that carry ...

The approach takes advantage of the attractive pairing of
The approach takes advantage of the attractive pairing of complementary strands of synthetic DNA-based on the molecule that carries the genetic code i...

The Van der Waals force between atoms, molecules and surfaces is a
The Van der Waals force between atoms, molecules and surfaces is a part of everyday life in many different ways. Spiders and geckos rely on it to walk...

It is well known to scientists that the three common phases of
It is well known to scientists that the three common phases of water – ice, liquid and vapor – can exist stably together only at a particular temp...

With the right funding, experts estimate we could see the dawn of
With the right funding, experts estimate we could see the dawn of the positron age in as few as five years. Positron Dynamics is one key player in the...

Sunspots are actually magnetic phenomenon on the sun that have
Sunspots are actually magnetic phenomenon on the sun that have been admired for thousands of years. Thank to sophisticated instruments that can measur...