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Category: Applied Physics

21 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Video: Robots on the Beach

Researchers develop models for how machines run across sand, pebbles, and other granular materials
9 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Antenna Array Lights Up

The largest ever collection of optical antennas could revolutionize applications from holography to bioimaging

The Physics of Spilled Coffee

Researchers determine how to carry mugs without making a mess

Live Chat: Science and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

Talk to experts about whether new research will persuade nations to ban testing
20 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

A Practical Blueprint for a Low-Carbon Electric World?

New report presents “transformative” technologies to wean world from fossil fuel-based electricity
6 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Gold Nanostars for Attacking Cancer

Tiny, pointy particles could help fry tumors
23 October 2011 | ScienceNOW

Using Light to Flip a Tiny Mechanical Switch

Elegant device could provide memory for optical computers
22 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Physicists Devise Perfect Magnetic Shield

Hypothesized device would shield an object from a magnetic field without distorting the field

A High-Bandwidth Interplanetary Connection

Twisting laser light could improve data transmission through space

Podcast: Biological Lasers, Blood-Thinning Magnets, and More

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week

A Cell Becomes a Laser

Advance bodes well for light-based medicine

Turning Waste Heat Into Electricity

Novel approach could make "thermoelectric" devices more practical
16 December 2010 | ScienceNOW

Top 10 ScienceNOWs of 2010

A look back at some of our favorite and most popular stories of the year
1 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

A Turn-On for Catalysts

Method to control catalytic reactions could lead to better explosive detection and medical diagnostics
27 August 2010 | ScienceNOW

Quantum Physicists Dream Up Smallest Possible Refrigerator

One or two quantum particles are enough to approach absolute zero

How to Alleviate an Orbital Traffic Jam

Solar sails could push satellites into previously impossible orbits

ScienceShot: First Solar Sail Unfurls

IKAROS spreads its wings and glides along on the sun's rays
22 April 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: A Nano-Sized Ski Resort

Researchers etch 25-nanometer-high Matterhorn in glass

When Pigeons Flock, Who's in Command?

Tiny GPS trackers reveal a hierarchy at work

Secret of Annoying Crowds Revealed

Socializing with friends gums up pedestrian traffic
14 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

Hang Christiaan Huygens! Here's a Better Suspension Bridge

They may be pretty, but simple swooping bridge cables aren't the best design
10 December 2009 | ScienceNOW

Better Nanotubes May Be on the Way

Formerly elusive type of nanotube could have impressive applications
8 December 2009 | ScienceNOW

A Battery Made With Paper

Nanotubes on photocopy paper could lead to cheap, flexible source of power
24 November 2009 | ScienceNOW

Wind Turbines Take a Lesson From Lance Armstrong

Drafting could help cut wind power's land requirements
4 November 2009 | ScienceNOW

No Sprinting Advantage With Prosthetic Limbs

Amputees' prostheses generate less force and possibly limit top speeds
20 October 2009 | ScienceNOW

New Details on Accused Scientist Spy, Largest AIDS Vaccine Study Offers Hope

Plus more from Science's policy blog, ScienceInsider
20 October 2009 | ScienceNOW

Gizmo Converts Light Into Motion

Device could open broad technological horizons
11 September 2009 | ScienceNOW

New Solar Cell Design Serves Up Seconds

Advance might boost the amount of energy solar cells can capture
31 August 2009 | ScienceNOW

Tiny Laser Could Light the Way to New Microchip Technology

By amplifying electronic waves instead of light waves, a novel device wriggles around the size limit for conventional lasers
20 August 2009 | ScienceNOW

A Thousand Pinpoints of Light

Brighter, thinner LED displays could lead to flexible TV screens
14 August 2009 | ScienceNOW

Weight Loss for Batteries

Carbon nanofibers wrapped in a silicon shell make for lighter and more powerful rechargeables

Take a Walk on the Quantum Side

Physicists demonstrate quantum version of famed random walk--a concept key to explaining the diffusion of liquids

Warp-Speed Raindrops

Some raindrops fall to the ground much faster than expected

Lasers Make Light Bulbs Shine Brighter

Approach could increase energy efficiency of traditional bulbs
30 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Invisibility Cloak for Almost-Visible Light

Design might be scaled to work at wavelengths perceptible to the human eye
24 April 2009 | ScienceNOW

Presto, Instant Sunglasses!

A lightning-fast chemical provides glare protection in a split second
9 February 2007 | ScienceNOW

Thinking Bubbles?

Microscopic droplets moving through tiny channels show computational potential
10 December 2004 | ScienceNOW

Magnets Meddle With Melting

Physicists puzzle over finding that a magnetic field raises the melting point of ice
10 March 2004 | ScienceNOW

Southpaw Lens Rules the Waves

Lens can resolve objects smaller than a wavelength
1 December 2003 | ScienceNOW

Doppler Done Backward

Demonstration of inverse Doppler effect ends 60-year quest
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