Energy & Particles : Science World Report

Jun 23, 2012 05:28 AM EDT

Snow Flakes are Fine Particles on Mars

Most of us seem to be quite inquisitive of the latest finding done by the team of exometerologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A team has uncovered certain interesting facts about Martian snow based on the data collected from the orbiting Mars spacecrafts.

Jun 22, 2012 06:46 AM EDT

100 Million Pounds Now Takes You to Moon

Now all it requires is 100 million pounds to visit the moon. After Apollo 17 mission in 1972, the British space company 'Excalibur Almaz' that is based on the Isle of Man, provides the tourists a chance to visit the moon provided they can fund the mission that is worth 100 million pound.

Jun 22, 2012 06:16 AM EDT

NASAâ€™s Black Hole Space Telescope Unfolds in Orbit

NASA's new black hole hunting space telescope NuStar, unfolded a 33 foot mast in orbit on the Thursday. This was the last procedure to be completed before it could kick start its mission in the Milky Way and other galaxies.

Jun 11, 2012 03:18 PM EDT

Theory Explains Strange Behavior Of Matter

When super-cooled, matter can exhibit strange behavior, and for the first time, a pair of scientists are proposing a unifying theory.

Jun 06, 2012 09:29 AM EDT

Atom Split With Quantum Mechanics

When split, these atoms form quantum bridges that could be exploited for computing.

May 30, 2012 01:22 PM EDT

Kaon Decay Process Holds Clues To Formation Of Matter

A recently completed model of the decay process of the subatomic particle kaon can help tell us why matter, and no antimatter exists.

May 25, 2012 12:37 PM EDT

A "Trapped Rainbow" Could Hold The Key To Cloaking

By slowing down and trapping light, researchers have been able to create 25,000 nano invisibility cloaks.

May 25, 2012 10:59 AM EDT

Tractor Beams Now A Reality On A Very Small Scale

Researchers have proven that a tractor beam effect is possible using a specific kind of laser.

May 21, 2012 04:07 PM EDT

From Lemons to Lemonade: Reaction Uses Carbon Dioxide to Make Carbon-Based Semiconductor

A materials scientist at Michigan Technological University has discovered a chemical reaction that not only eats up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, it also creates something useful. And, by the way, it releases energy.

May 21, 2012 02:39 PM EDT

Invisibility Cloak May Not Be Far Off

Scientists at Stanford and UPenn have figured out a way to cloak a think silicon wire wrapped in gold.

May 18, 2012 10:13 AM EDT

Scientist Attempts to Grow Nanocomposites Faster Using Novel Approach

Joshua Zide, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Delaware, has spent nearly a decade engineering nanomaterials using a technique called molecular beam epitaxy (MBE).

May 18, 2012 09:09 AM EDT

Germany's Energy Transition: 1 Year Later

Twenty-six years after Chernobyl, one year after Fukushima: Throughout modern history, global attention to energy procurement has spiked following large-scale nuclear disasters. Yet even before the accident in Japan, the German government had advocated a switch to alternative energy sources.