Multiple groups claim to create first atom-thick silicon sheets

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since its discovery in 2004, graphene -- sheets of carbon an atom thick -- has sparked a flurry of research into the nanomaterial

When dark energy turned on (Update)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some six billion light years distant, almost halfway from now back to the big bang, the universe was undergoing an elemental change. Held back until then by the mutual gravitational attraction of all the matter it contained, the universe had been expanding ever more slowly. Then, as matter spread out and its density decreased, dark energy took over and expansion began to accelerate.

Physicists find patterns in new state of matter

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered patterns which underlie the properties of a new state of matter.

The future of wind power: 9 cool innovations

Innovations in wind technology keep bringing us more efficient ways to harvest clean renewable energy from the air above us. Here's a collection of the new and exciting in the wind power revolution.

Indian man single-handedly plants 1,360 acre forest

Jadav "Molai" Payeng is a local hero after single handedly planting and maintaining a 1,360 acre forest and nature reserve

Transparent, flexible 3D memory chips may be the next big thing in small memory devices

New memory chips that are transparent, flexible enough to be folded like a sheet of paper, shrug off 1,000-degree Fahrenheit temperatures, and survive

Google unveils "Project Glass," augmented reality glasses

Google has confirmed the existence of a project to build glasses with a heads- …

First superradiant lasers produce nearly no photons (and that's expected)

Ordinary lasers emit photons that have nearly identical frequencies, but for …

How does the brain secrete morality?

The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies convened a conference of neuroscientists and philosophers to ponder how our brains generate thoughts about ethics,

Virtual desktop generates manipulable 3D windows

In his internship project at Microsoft Applied Sciences Group, Jinha Lee developed the See Through 3D Desktop --- a 3D hardware/software

Mass production of first flexible, plastic e-ink displays

LG has begun mass production of the world’s first flexible, plastic e-ink display, ExtremeTech reports. The display has a resolution of 1024 x 768 and

New layer of genetic information discovered

A hidden, never-before-recognized layer of information in the genetic code has been uncovered by a team of scientists at the University of California, San