GPM Satellite Sees First Atlantic Hurricane
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory flew over Hurricane Arthur five times between July 1 and July 5, 2014. Arthur is the first tropical cyclone of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane ... more
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The new atomic age: building smaller, greener electronics
In the drive to get small, Robert Wolkow and his lab at the University of Alberta are taking giant steps forward. The digital age has resulted in a succession of smaller, cleaner and less power-hung ... more
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First ever cyclone confronts flood-hit Kenya
Dams strain as water, death toll keep rising in south Brazil
Heatwave swells Asia's appetite for air-conditioning
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Toward a new way to keep electronics from overheating
Computer technology has transformed the way we live, but as consumers expect ever more from their devices at faster speeds, personal computers as well as larger electronic systems can overheat. This ... more
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Researchers observe tunable quantum behavior in bilayer graphene
Columbia researchers have observed the fractional quantum Hall effect in bilayer graphene and shown that this exotic state of matter can be tuned by an electric field.
The fractional quantum H ... more
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Privately funded solar spacecraft to launch in 2016
A tiny spacecraft designed to sail by the power of the sun is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX rocket in 2016, a leading US space enthusiast said Wednesday. ... more
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Stanford engineers envision an electronic switch just 3 atoms thick
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate. Those instructions were once printed on punch cards that fed data to mainframe computers. Today's smart phones process more data, but they still weren't built for b ... more
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From Pencil Marks To Quantum Computers
Pick up a pencil. Make a mark on a piece of paper. Congratulations: you are doing cutting-edge condensed matter physics. You might even be making the first mark on the road to quantum computers, acc ... more
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