Physical Sciences

Were The First Stars Dark?

satellites, balloons and telescopes have led to the estimate that all the visible matter represents only ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2007 - 1:01am

The Tectonic Impact On Evolution

and other key steps in human evolution. “But it all happened within the right time period,” he says. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 19 2007 - 1:41am

Dark Energy: Is The Theory Of Gravity Wrong?

energy which produces a repulsive force that fights the gravitational brake from all the matter present ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2008 - 2:26pm

Discovery: OGLE-2006-BLG-109L Is A Solar System Similar To Ours

that not all stars host gas-giant planets, and that the detection of each of them is not guaranteed, ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 14 2008 - 7:31pm

This Robot Can Bring You A Beer- Without Being Told

user's side, ready to handle the next request. El-E's power and computation is all on board (no ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 23 2008 - 1:28am

In The Works: Computers That Run On Infrared Light And Wires Made Of Waveguides

2 millimeters of the pattern of rectangles as it moved over them). “All we’ve done is made the wires” for ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2008 - 11:01pm

Adult Stem Cells Reverse Muscle Atrophy In Elderly Mice

against interpreting this research as the cure-all for aging. "We're not at a point where ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2008 - 12:37pm

Mathematical Tomb Raiding... Or Symmetry And The Standard Model (2)

(2-dimensional) Argand diagram, i, along with j and k, all being square roots of –1, should correspond to a 90° ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Jul 16 2008 - 1:48am

Invisibility Cloak Gets A Nanomaterial Boost

contrast, all materials found in nature have a positive refractive index, a measure of how much ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2008 - 9:57am

Efficient Organic LEDs May Be More Difficult Than Believed

neutrons, and a shell of orbiting electrons. In addition to an electrical charge, some nuclei and all ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 17 2008 - 9:19pm