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• Icarus experiment measures neutrino speed: Even neutrinos are not faster than light
• Ultracold experiments heat up quantum research
• Nanopills release drugs directly from the inside of cells
• Live cells 'printed' using standard inkjet printer
• Straintronics: Engineers create piezoelectric graphene
• First step taken to image ultra-fast movements in chemical reactions
• Glittering Jewels of Messier 9
• New technique lights up the creation of holograms

Icarus experiment measures neutrino speed: Even neutrinos are not faster than light Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:47 PM PDT The ICARUS experiment at the Italian Gran Sasso laboratory has reported a new measurement of the time of flight of neutrinos from CERN to Gran Sasso. The ICARUS measurement, using last year's short pulsed beam from CERN, indicates that the neutrinos do not exceed the speed of light on their journey between the two laboratories. This is at odds with the initial measurement reported by OPERA last September.

Ultracold experiments heat up quantum research Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:51 PM PDT Physicists have experimentally demonstrated for the first time that atoms chilled to temperatures near absolute zero may behave like seemingly unrelated natural systems of vastly different scales, offering potential insights into links between the atomic realm and deep questions of cosmology.

Nanopills release drugs directly from the inside of cells Posted: 16 Mar 2012 11:57 AM PDT Researchers in Spain have created nanoparticles which can release drugs directly from the cells' interior. The technology, which has been named "nanopills," was licensed to a firm that has verified its tolerance by administering it in vivo.

Live cells 'printed' using standard inkjet printer Posted: 16 Mar 2012 08:26 AM PDT Researchers have found a way to create temporary holes in the membranes of live cells using a standard inkjet printer. Creating temporary pores allow researchers to put molecules inside of cells that wouldn't otherwise fit, and study how the cells react.

Straintronics: Engineers create piezoelectric graphene Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:45 AM PDT By depositing atoms on one side of a grid of the "miracle material" graphene, researchers ave engineered piezoelectricity into a nanoscale material for the first time. The implications could yield dramatic degree of control in nanotechnology.

First step taken to image ultra-fast movements in chemical reactions Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:40 AM PDT Researchers have fired ultra-fast shots of light at oxygen, nitrogen and carbon monoxide molecules as part of a development aimed at mapping the astonishingly quick movements of atoms within molecules, as well as the charges that surround them. The ultra-short laser that spans only a few hundred attoseconds – an attosecond is equivalent to one quintillionth of a second – was fired in a sample of molecules and could pave the way towards imaging the movement of atoms and their electrons as they undergo a chemical reaction – one of the holy grails of chemistry research.

Glittering Jewels of Messier 9 Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:40 AM PDT The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced the so far most detailed image so far of Messier 9, a globular star cluster located close to the centre of the galaxy. This ball of stars is too faint to see with the naked eye, yet Hubble can see over 250 000 individual stars shining in it.

New technique lights up the creation of holograms Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:34 AM PDT Researchers have developed a unique way to create full-color holograms with the aid of surface plasmons.

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