Web server celebrates a decade of hits
Peter Gwynne looks at the huge impact of the Los Alamos pre-print server
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Peter Gwynne looks at the huge impact of the Los Alamos pre-print server
Read article: Web server celebrates a decade of hits
The building block of life is often heralded as the cornerstone of a new generation of electronic devices and computers, but the electronic properties of DNA remain highly controversial
Read article: Electronic properties of DNA
The point at which a phase transition occurs is called the critical point and is dear to every physicist’s heart. The fascination with systems at the critical point stems from the fact that a small change in one parameter, such as temperature, can trigger spectacular changes in the other properties. Indeed, it is this discontinuity […]
Nearly all electronic and optoelectronic devices are made of semiconductors and rely on the exact control of electric charges. Electrons, however, possess a well defined “spin” angular momentum, in addition to a well defined charge. Their spin is either +1/2 or -1/2: in other words an electron can rotate either clockwise or anticlockwise around its […]
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Under certain conditions, the Coulomb force can pull charges together
Read article: Positive ions pull together
Quantum effects could improve the accuracy of positioning systems
Director of the German synchrotron lab takes the helm at the new UK facility
An astronomer who studies solar neutrinos shares a flat with two angels in this radio play
A novel material could allow physicists to modify semiconductors on the atomic scale
A long-held belief about liquid behaviour breaks down at small scales