Physics and Astronomy News Archive: March 2010
World’s Most Precise Clock
Source: NIST Posted: 3/21/10
Physicists have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world’s most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous mercury atom one.
Source: NIST Posted: 3/21/10
Physicists have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world’s most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous mercury atom one.
Self-Assembling Computer Chips
Source: MIT Posted: 3/21/10
Molecules that arrange themselves into predictable patterns on silicon chips could lead to microprocessors with much smaller circuit elements.
Source: MIT Posted: 3/21/10
Molecules that arrange themselves into predictable patterns on silicon chips could lead to microprocessors with much smaller circuit elements.
Cassini Shows Saturnian Roller Derby, Strange Weather
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 3/21/10
New evidence shows that Saturn rings are a rough and tumble roller derby and the planet itself roils with strange weather and shifting patterns of charged particles.
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 3/21/10
New evidence shows that Saturn rings are a rough and tumble roller derby and the planet itself roils with strange weather and shifting patterns of charged particles.
Unraveling Silks’ Secrets
Source: MIT Posted: 3/21/10
A new analysis of the structure of silks explains the paradox at the heart of their super-strength, and may lead to even stronger synthetic materials.
Source: MIT Posted: 3/21/10
A new analysis of the structure of silks explains the paradox at the heart of their super-strength, and may lead to even stronger synthetic materials.
