http://abitofphysics.com/ en-us Top physics news story of the day selected by a computer algo Scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with Penn State University have, for the first time, embedded the high level of performance normally associated with chip-based ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108776/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:01:03 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108776/ Students from Yale University have made the amazing discovery of a species of fungus that devours one of the world's most durable, and therefore environmentally troublesome, plastics: polyurethane. ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108533/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:01:03 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108533/ The National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the winners of last year's contest for the best visualizations in science and engineering. http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108547/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:01:03 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108547/ In a paper published this week in Science, a Manchester team lead by Nobel laureates Professor Andre Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov has literally opened a third dimension in graphene ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108657/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:01:03 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108657/ A study that combines experimental observations of spider webs with complex computer simulations has shown that web durability depends not only on silk strength, but on how overall web design ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/107931/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:01:02 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/107931/ On Earth all biology is subjected to gravity. Some biological systems require gravity for correct orientation (geotropism: plants grow up, roots grow down). In the absence of gravity even human ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108170/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:01:03 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108170/ Using a liquid laser, University of Michigan researchers have developed a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might predispose a person to a particular type of cancer or other ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108118/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:01:03 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/108118/ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers have discovered why a promising technique for making quantum dots and nanorods has so far been a disappointment. Better still, they've also ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/107922/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:01:03 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/107922/ After years of collaboration, John Rogers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University engineer Yonggang Huang are getting closer to perfecting their elastic electronics, ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/107850/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:01:03 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/107850/ Molybdenite has similar switching characteristics to silicon components, but single sheets of the substance are just 0.65nm thick, meaning it can be used to make very small, very power-efficient ... http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/107835/ Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:01:04 EST http://abitofphysics.com/news/cluster/107835/