Thursday 13 June 2013

Controlling magnetic clouds in graphene

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A British team of scientists has managed to successfully create elementary magnetic moments in graphene and then switch them on and off. According to Dr. Irina Grigorieva of the University of Manchester, this is the first time magnetism itself has been ...

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Graphene Investing

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Graphene is one of the most interesting materials in the world, and it appears as if the hunt for more information about the material is only going to increase. According to a recent press release, Lomiko Metals Inc. (TSX-V: LMR) has hired two new ...

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Combining graphene nanoribbons with tin oxide for improved anodes

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(Nanowerk News) Researchers at Rice University have come up with a new way to boost the efficiency of the ubiquitous lithium ion (LI) battery by employing ribbons of graphene that start as carbon nanotubes. Proof-of-concept anodes — the part of the ...

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Galaxy Clusters Reveal Distribution of Dark Matter

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You can think of the dark matter in a galaxy cluster as being the infrastructure within which the galaxies live,” say an international team of astronomers from Taiwan, UK, Japan, and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA ...

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Where Is Dark Matter Most Dense? Subaru Telescope Gets Some Hints

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We can't see dark matter, which makes up an estimated 85 percent of the universe, but scientists can certainly measure its gravitational effects on galaxies, stars and other celestial residents. Particle physicists also are on the ... So, the only way ...

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Meet the Itsy-Bitsy, Teeny-Weeny Galaxy

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The heavier elements, known as “metals,” then became incorporated into the next generation of stars (in astronomy jargon, iron and aluminum are metals, but so are oxygen and carbon). (PHOTOS: Deep-Space Photos: Hubble's Greatest Hits). In a star ...

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Cosmic giants shed new light on dark matter

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NAOJ/ASIAA/School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham/Kavli IPMU/Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University. The density of dark matter depends on the properties of the individual ... like the density of everyday materials depends on ...

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Quantum Computer Solves Simple Equations | RealClearScience

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Quantum Computer Solves Simple Equations. Hamish Johnston Physics World. AP Photo. 3x + y 2. x + 3y 0. It's the sort of easy maths problem that you can work ...

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Planetary Resources to launch improved public space telescope

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TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Prospective asteroid mining company Planetary Resources this week said it would outfit its public crowdfunded space telescope, intended to search for near-earth asteroids, with enhanced technologies to enable it to search ...

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Warm Ocean, Not Icebergs, Causing Most of Antarctic Ice Shelves' Mass Loss

Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves are responsible for most of the continent's ice shelf mass loss, a new study by NASA and university researchers has found.

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NASA's Hubble Uncovers Evidence of Farthest Planet Forming From Its Star

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its star, a finding that may challenge current theories about planet formation.

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Michigan company expands making tiny carbon-based materials

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Tucked into a nondescript backstreet on the outer edge of Lansing is one of the world's largest makers of a "miracle material" based on simple graphite. What's more relevant to the company that makes graphene — XG Sciences Inc. — as well as the rest ...

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Spot-welding graphene nanoribbons atom by atom

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It is anticipated to be a revolutionising material for future electronics. Graphene transistors functioning at room temperature require working at the size scale of less than 10 nanometres. This means that the graphene nanostructures have to be only a ...

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Magnetism Toggled in Graphene

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In a report published in Nature Communications, a University of Manchester team led by Dr Irina Grigorieva shows how to create elementary magnetic moments in graphene and then switch them on and off. This is the first time magnetism itself has been ...

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Cash-Strapped Space Tourists May Find Friend in PayPal - Digits ...

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EBay's PayPal unit is shooting for the stars. The payments company is set to announce a payment program for space tourists later this month, known as PayPal Galactic.

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Hubble Uncovers Evidence for Extrasolar Planet Under Construction



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Nearly 900 extrasolar planets have been confirmed to date, but now for the first time astronomers think they are seeing compelling evidence for a planet under construction in an unlikely place, at a great distance from its diminutive red dwarf star.




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Quantum computer solves simple linear equations - physicsworld.com

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New technique could be scaled-up to solve more complex problems.

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Investing in Graphene Is Really Hard. Should You Try?

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... manufacturing technology of the material catches up, getting in now on the ground floor may prove tricky for investors. In this video, Motley Fool industrials analyst Blake Bos discusses several possible investing ideas in graphite and graphene ...

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Nanotechnology 'welders' create single atom contacts between gold and ...

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In their article published in Nature Communications ("Suppression of electron–vibron coupling in graphene nanoribbons contacted via a single atom"), the research team demonstrates how to make electrical contacts with single chemical bonds to graphene ...

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Cosmic giants shed new light on dark matter

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Almost eighty years after the first evidence for dark matter emerged from astronomy research, few scientists seriously doubt that it exists. However astronomers cannot see dark matter directly in the night sky, and particle physicists have not yet ...

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2D-Tech supplying wonder material graphene around the globe ...

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The first graphene company to have been spun out of the University of Manchester is supplying the wonder material to scientists around the globe.

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Bieber signs on for space tourism - Canada.com

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It's Justin Bieber's final frontier and he's planning to boldly go where no teen heartthrob has gone.

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Will crowdfunded space telescope replace Kepler?

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(Sen) - Space mining company Planetary Resources are raising their sights from mere asteroids to alien planets. They are now looking to adapt a telescope planned for Earth orbit so that it can spot exoplanets around other stars as well as cosmic rocks ...

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Andromeda Galaxy

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Data from Chandra have been used to discover 26 black hole candidates in the Milky Way's galactic neighbor, Andromeda.

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Simple theory may explain mysterious dark matter : science - Reddit

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Euclid to probe dark Universe with Astrium science module / Space ...

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Dark matter is invisible to our normal telescopes but acts through gravity to play a vital role in forming galaxies and slowing the expansion of the Universe.

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Why dark matter may not be so dark after all (+video) - CSMonitor.com

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A duo of physicists at Vanderbilt University have proposed a straightforward model that could explain dark matter in terms of known phenomena.

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Smallest galaxy sheds light on evolution of dark matter in Universe

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Smallest galaxy sheds light on evolution of dark matter in Universe ... origin and apply gravity to that wave function would the dark matter halo match up ...

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Planetary Resource Kickstarts Search for Alien Planets

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Asteroid mining venture Planetary Resources this week added another wrinkle to its Kickstarter for a crowd-funded, high-powered space telescope that will hunt for near-Earth objects (NEOs). It promised to use excess funds to launch a search for alien ...

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Controlling magnetism in graphene proven possible

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Graphene is a one-atom-thick chicken wire structure made up of carbon atoms and it is possible to remove some of these atoms, resulting in microscopic holes called vacancies. The Manchester scientists have shown that electrons condense around these ...

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'Holy grail of spintronics': Manchester scientist discovers graphene can be ...

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Wonder material graphene has once again shown its remarkable versatility as Manchester scientists have discovered it can be made magnetic at the flick of a switch. The astonishing discovery, led by Dr Irina Grigorieva from The University of Manchester, ...

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Graphene breakthrough shows Manchester's science credentials

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Another breakthrough in research into graphene – the superthin, superstrong material expected to transform many everyday products – has confirmed Manchester's leadership in the field. Russian scientists Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov isolated the one ...

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With $2M in Kickstarter funds, asteroid-mining company's public ...

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It ain't Kepler, but an upgrade to Planetary Resources' crowdfunded public telescope could hunt for alien planets. The Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company ...

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