PhysicsNews 2010-06-17 02:44:05 2010-06-17 03:00:16 Topic Hybrid Cars -- Pros and Cons Technology / Energy created Jan 19, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (846) | comments 1 feature If you listen to the makers, hybrid cars are the best invention since sliced bread. While there are many reasons to buy a hybrid car, including a new tax incentive for US owners, it helps to have a good understanding ... NEC Develops Novel Silicon Nanophotonics Technology for Optical Interconnections Physics / Optics & Photonics created Feb 09, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 NEC Corporation today announced the successful development of fundamental silicon nanophotonics technology that facilitates optical data transmission in large-scale integration (LSI) chips by eliminating data transmission ... Semiconductors slow light Physics / General Physics created Apr 21, 2006 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (52) | comments 0 'The speed of light' is a byword for the extremes of rapidity: nothing travels faster than light. But Chris Phillips of Imperial College in London and co-workers have found a new way to apply the brakes to light. As Phillips ... DNA Taxi: Photosensitive gold nanoparticles bind and release DNA Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine created Apr 27, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 0 Despite few successes to date, gene therapy is a highly promising approach for medical therapy in the future. One of the biggest difficulties with this process is finding a suitable transport agent that can carry the nucleic ... novel physics research novel physics research This is a contributed new topic on Physics news and sources of Physics news. Please make/add your own contribution and specify or link the appropriate source. \section{Latest Physics News} \subsection{Study finds there may be multiple 'God particles'} (PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research in the USA suggests there may be \PMlinkexternal{five versions of the theorized Higgs boson}{http://www.physorg.com/news195885620.html}. This leads to a new \PMlinkexternal{Extended Standard Model of Physics}{http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/tmb/standard_model2_416.gif} Sanyo announces world's most efficient solar module Technology / Energy created 17 hours ago | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 21 | with audio podcast report (PhysOrg.com) -- Sanyo has announced its development of the world's most energy efficient solar module, the HIT-N230. The module was unveiled at a press conference run by Sanyo Electric's Solar Division.