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Terahertz Imaging Goes The Distance (April 27, 2007) -- At the upcoming CLEO/QELS meeting in Baltimore, an MIT-Sandia team will demonstrate the first real-time THz imaging system that obtains images from 25 meters ... > full story

New Materials For Making 'Spintronic' Devices (April 26, 2007) -- Scientists have devised methods to make a new class of electronic devices based on a property of electrons known as "spin," rather than merely their electric charge. This approach, dubbed ... > full story

Cosmologically Speaking, Diamonds May Actually Be Forever (April 26, 2007) -- If you've ever wondered about the ultimate fate of the universe, Lawrence Krauss and Robert Scherrer have some good news -- sort of. The two physicists show that matter as we know it will remain as ... > full story

Search For Dark Matter Particles Moves Underground (April 19, 2007) -- The world's most sensitive dark matter detector, ZEPLIN-III, will soon be searching for dark matter deep ... > full story

Quantum Collisions Of Individual Atoms Directly Probed With New Method (April 19, 2007) -- A new method has been developed to directly and precisely measure a quantum property of individual atoms -- the phase shifts that result when they collide at ultracold temperatures -- in a way that ... > full story

Was Einstein Right? Scientists Provide First Public Peek At Gravity Probe B Results (April 17, 2007) -- At the recent American Physical Society meeting, a Stanford University physicist provided the first public peek at data that will reveal whether Einstein's theory has been confirmed by the most ... > full story

Organic Light With No Wasted Electricity (April 17, 2007) -- The long, challenging technological march from the low-power light bulb Thomas Edison invented to the ultimate in a bright and energy-efficient lighting device may finally reach ... > full story

Physicists Designing Detector For International Particle Collider (April 14, 2007) -- Scientists are designing an innovative detector for the proposed International Linear Collider. The collider would be about 19 miles long and accelerate electrons and positrons to nearly the speed of ... > full story

Scientists Synthesize Brightest Fluorescent Particles Ever (April 13, 2007) -- Scientists have discovered a method of making the brightest ever synthesized fluorescent silica particles. There are a multitude of applications for these microscopic "flashlights." These particles, ... > full story

NIST Develops New Efficient Two-photon Source (April 13, 2007) -- NIST physicists have developed a highly efficient, low-noise system for producing pairs of photons for applications in quantum information theory and ... > full story

Researchers Move Closer To Switching Nuclear Isomer Decay On And Off (April 13, 2007) -- Researchers have moved one step closer to being able to turn on and off the decay of a nuclear isomer. Work in this field could lead to new science and technology breakthroughs. Among them are: a ... > full story

Quantum Dot Lasers: One Dot Makes All The Difference (April 13, 2007) -- Physicists have built micron-sized solid-state lasers in which a single quantum dot can play a dominant role in the device's performance. These highly efficient optical devices could one day produce ... > full story

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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
There is an ill-concealed skeleton in the closet of physics: "As they are currently formulated, general relativity and quantum mechanics cannot both be right." Each is exceedingly accurate in its ... > read more

Programming the Universe : A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos
Is the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd—Professor of Quantum-Mechanical Engineering at MIT and originator of the first technologically feasible design for a ... > read more

Warped Passages : Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
The universe has its secrets. It may even hide extra dimensions, different from anything ever imagined. A whole raft of remarkable concepts now rides atop the scientific firmament, including parallel ... > read more

Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes
As Charles Seife reveals in this energetic new book, information theory, once the province of philosophers and linguists, has emerged as the crucial science of our time, shedding new light on the ... > read more

A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy Of Godel And Einstein
It is a widely known but insufficiently appreciated fact that Albert Einstein and Kurt Goedel were best friends for the last decade and a half of Einstein's life. They walked home together from ... > read more

Quantum Mechanics (2 vol. set)
Beginning students of quantum mechanics frequently experience difficulties separating essential underlying principles from the specific examples to which these principles have been historically ... > read more

Genius : A Photobiography of Albert Einstein (Photobiographies)
This photobiography of Albert Einstein publishes to coincide with the year that marks the 100th anniversary of what has been described as Einstein's "miraculous year" and the 50th anniversary of his ... > read more

Hiding in the Mirror : The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond
Beginning well before Plato’s allegory of the cave and continuing to modern scientific breakthroughs from relativity to quantum mechanics, as well as to pop cultural icons like Twilight Zone ... > read more

The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles
The Biology of Belief is a groundbreaking work in the field of New Biology. Author Dr. Bruce Lipton is a former medical school professor and research scientist. His experiments, and those of other ... > read more

What the Bleep Do We Know!?™ : Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality
Gravity sometimes doesn't work. Some things are both waves and particles. . .at the same time. Electrons simply disappear . . . all the time.If the universe is this wild and unpredictable, so ... > read more