links for 2007-11-24

By drorzel on November 23, 2007.

Web Log -- Charles Bernstein: "Doping Scandal Rocks Poetry
'Cooper pairs' can be found in insulators as well superconductors

They explain superconductivity, and also some insulating behavior-- is there anything they can't do?

(tags: physics quantum experiment science news)
Have we sealed the universe's fate by looking at it?

In which the Quantum Zeno Effect applied to the entire universe, and wackiness ensues

(tags: physics quantum science news astronomy theory)
High-Tc superconductors plug 'terahertz gap' - physicsworld.com

A possible way to generate coherent radiation in the useful but inconvenient range of frequencies around a terehertz.

(tags: materials physics experiment quantum news)

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