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Princeton scientists discover exotic quantum state of matter "Writing in the April 24 issue of Nature, the scientists report that they have recorded [the quantum Hall effect] in a bulk crystal of bismuth-antimony without any external magnetic field being present." (tags: physics experiment…
The Final Frontier: The Science of Star Trek: Scientific American "To get a sense of how much actual science has made its way into the science fiction universe of Star Trek, ScientificAmerican.com spoke to Lawrence Krauss, author of The Physics of Star Trek, the first edition of which appeared on…
New tests of the Copernican Principle proposed - physicsworld.com ""I would bet my house now that the results will come out null so the Copernican Principle is valid on the scales we observe," says Paul Steinhardt a cosmologist at Princeton University, "But I think the experiments should be done…
Dawn of the memristor - physicsworld.com "In simple terms, a memristor "remembers" the amount of charge that has flowed through it and as a result changes its resistance. " (tags: physics materials science news) Where are all the women? - The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary Society Venus…