http://abitofphysics.com/ en-us Top physics news story of the day selected by a computer algo Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49806/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:01:02 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49806/ Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have revealed new details about how cannibalistic bacteria identify peers suitable for consumption. The work, which employed imaging mass... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49703/ Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:01:02 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49703/ Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, has great potential to make electronic devices such as radios, computers and phones faster and smaller. But its unique properties have also ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49713/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:01:02 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49713/ Theoretical physicists from Rice University have created a new model that helps define the subatomic origins of ferromagnetism -- the everyday "magnetism" of compass needles and refrigerator ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49732/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:01:02 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49732/ Strain-gatingResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new class of electronic logic device in which current is switched by an electric field generated by the application ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49552/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:01:02 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49552/ (McGill University) A team of McGill chemists have discovered that a technique known as photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy could be used to identify the composition of pigments used in art ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49568/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:01:02 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49568/ Roberto Carlos' free kick goal against France in 1997's Tournoi de France is thought by many to have been the most skilful free kick goal - from 35m with a powerful curling banana trajectory ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49523/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:01:02 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49523/ A team of physicists from Germany has developed a versatile biophysical model system that opens the door to studying phenomena such as the seemingly choreographed motion of hundreds or thousands ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49445/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:01:02 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49445/ A new "smart materials" process - Multiple Memory Material Technology - developed by University of Waterloo engineering researchers promises to revolutionize the manufacture of diverse products ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49471/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:01:01 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49471/ Researchers have planned how to carry out the first experimental test of string theory. String theory was originally developed to describe the fundamental particles and forces that make up our ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49401/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:01:01 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/49401/