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May 09, 2013 08:22 AM EDT

Exotic Pear-Shaped Atoms Hold Clues to Antimatter Mystery

Scientists have discovered exotic pear-shaped atoms that may hold the clue to understanding the mystery of why more matter than antimatter exists in our Universe.

advanced W 7-X stellarator at Greifswald in Germany, will deliver very interesting results towards fusion power

May 07, 2013 10:54 PM EDT

Towards Fusion Power: 3D Plasma Simulation in Stellarators and Tokamaks

Scientists around the world are looking at multiple methods of bringing the stars down to earth, and one of the main alternatives is known as a stellarator.

World’s Smallest Fly Inspired RoboBee Makes Its First Controlled Flight

May 03, 2013 04:38 AM EDT

World’s Smallest Fly-Inspired RoboBee Makes First Controlled Flight

After a decade of hard work a team of engineers from the Harvard University have built the world’s smallest aerial drones that are half the size of the paper clip and weighs less than a tenth of a gram. Inspired by the biology of a fly, the world’s first smallest controllable, flying, insect siz...

Gold titanium dioxide catalyst in action

May 01, 2013 12:32 PM EDT

Why Gold Nanoparticles Strangely Act as Catalyst and Could Purify Production of Plastics

Counter-intuitively, gold nanoparticles on titanium were found to function as a very useful catalyst in chemical reactions, and until now it was a mystery how the passive and stable precious metal could work in this way.

Apr 30, 2013 01:34 PM EDT

Can Antimatter 'Fall' Up? Scientists Explore Anti-Gravity Possibility

Up or down? Antimatter is matter's opposite, so wouldn't it make sense that if matter falls down then antimatter would "fall" up? Scientists have taken a new look at the possibility of antigravity.

new type of technology that combines two biological imaging methods - atomic force microscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance - to create a new way to study cancer-cell metastasis

Apr 29, 2013 11:58 PM EDT

New Nanotech Tool Developed, Allowing Examination of Single Cells

Scientists at Purdue University have combined an atomic force microscope (AFM) and a nuclear magnetic resonance system to craft the perfect biomedical tool that could reveal cellular secrets not accessible before.

Apr 29, 2013 10:05 PM EDT

Super-Resolution Optical Nano-Microscopy Now Works Even Without Dyes

Researchers have now found a way to make nanostructures, like single molecules, optically visible using a new type of super-resolution microscopy that until now only worked by using fluorescent dyes, delivering a very important new tool for biomedical and nanotechnology research.

Apr 29, 2013 04:49 PM EDT

Quantum Phenomenon 'Zero-Point Energy' Lets Molecules Defy Classical Physics

New research shows that movement of the ring-like molecule pyrrole over a metal surface runs counter to the centuries-old laws of 'classical' physics that govern our everyday world.

IceCube Neutrino Observatory (or simply IceCube) is a neutrino telescope constructed at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica

Apr 26, 2013 10:46 PM EDT

IceCube Observatory in Antarctica Confirms Detection of Most Energetic Neutrinos Ever

The IceCube neutrino observatory, a particle detector encompassing a cubic kilometer of ice at the South Pole that records the interactions of the nearly massless sub-atomic particle, recorded a very rare event never seen before. IceCube searches for neutrinos from the most violent astrophysical sou...

Apr 26, 2013 08:14 AM EDT

Strange Binary Star System Reveals Einstein's Theory of Gravity Holds True

We may have some new answers when it comes to Einstein's gravity theory. A strange stellar pair, which includes a massive neutron star in orbit with a companion white dwarf star, has allowed researchers to put two competing theories of gravity to the test.

proton-lead ion collision LHCb detector 2013

Apr 25, 2013 12:40 AM EDT

Watch This Awesome CERN Animation of Big Data Behind the Super Collider

An impressive infographic style animation shows the vast computer power, including a globe spanning network of data centers, that is needed to filter through the enormous amount of data generated by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments.