Physical Sciences

Rocket-Powered Mechanical Arm Could Revolutionize Prosthetics

move to its second stage. Even though his team has met all its research milestones and produced ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2007 - 9:39am

Saturn's Skewed Ring Current

aggregate motion of all of the hot ions distributed around the equator generates an electric current. On ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2007 - 1:00pm

Milestone In Magnetic Cooling

natural to wonder: Why magnetic cooling? After all, there are decent and also relatively energy-efficient ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2007 - 7:00pm

The Embryonic Rain Of IRAS 4B

within which all planetary systems are thought to originate. “Icy material from the envelope is in ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2007 - 1:17pm

Physics Uncovers Secret Of The Tunic Of Saint Francis

Saint Francis’ death and thus could not have belonged to him. By contrast, the dates of all of the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2007 - 9:49pm

Falcon Oil & Gas Announces Appointment Of Directors

approving Falcon's stock option plan, all as more particularly disclosed in Falcon's management ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Sep 21 2007 - 1:05pm

Chicken Eggshells Make Hydrogen Fuel

potentially be used in hydrogen production. Still, Fan said, even if all that shell were utilized, it would ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2007 - 11:53am

Northwestern Computer Engineers Double Cell Phone Memory Using Just Software

FOMA N904i, which first hit shelves in Japan this summer. “All the things you do with a cell phone or ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 27 2007 - 9:35am

McNaught Comet's Impact On Solar Wind A New Physics Mystery

comet Hyakutake and measurements indicated its tail didn't slow the solar wind at all. The ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2007 - 10:40pm

Two Giant Steps In Quantum Computing

computer, engineers wire them all together to form a data “bus,” which is a key element of any computing ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2007 - 9:59pm