News articles tagged with 'atomic'
Vibrations key to efficiency of green fluorescent protein
— 12 Nov 2009 08:50 | BiologyUniversity of California, Berkeley, chemists have discovered the secret to the success of a jellyfish protein whose green glow has made it the darling of biologists and the subject... — full story
Cement's basic molecular structure finally decoded
— 10 Sep 2009 11:21 | TechnologyIn the 2,000 or so years since the Roman Empire employed a naturally occurring form of cement to build a vast system of concrete aqueducts and other large edifices, researchers have... — full story
Ytterbium gains ground in quest for next-generation atomic clocks
— 12 Aug 2009 12:46 | TechnologyAn experimental atomic clock based on ytterbium atoms is about four times more accurate than it was several years ago, giving it a precision comparable to that of the NIST-F1 caesium... — full story
Argonne's Midwest Centre for Structural Genomics determines 1000th protein structure
— 28 Jul 2009 08:55 | BiologyFor nearly a decade, researchers at the Midwest Centre for Structural Genomics (MCSG), an international consortium led by Andrzej Joachimiak at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)... — full story
Ytterbium's broken symmetry
— 23 Jul 2009 16:52 | PhysicsYtterbium was discovered in 1878, but until it recently became useful in atomic clocks, the soft metal rarely made the news. Now ytterbium has a new claim to scientific fame. Measurements... — full story
Dissipation desired
— 20 Jul 2009 22:22 | PhysicsClassical computers are not powerful enough to describe even simple quantum systems. All the more it is difficult to understand complex many body systems. Quantum computers which use... — full story
'Copernicium' proposed as name for newly discovered element 112
— 15 Jul 2009 01:07 | ChemistryIn honour of scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the discovering team around Professor Sigurd Hofmann suggested the name 'copernicium' with the element symbol... — full story
Physics research with atomic force microscope could lead to better health care
— 7 Jul 2009 14:23 | HealthWhere biology, chemistry and physics intersect, a Kansas State University professor expects to find applications to improve human health... — full story
NIST develops novel ion trap for sensing force and light
— 1 Jul 2009 17:57 | TechnologyMiniature devices for trapping ions (electrically charged atoms) are common components in atomic clocks and quantum computing research. Now, a novel ion trap geometry demonstrated at... — full story
Statistical technique improves nanotechnology data
— 1 Jul 2009 06:15 | TechnologyA new statistical analysis technique that identifies and removes systematic bias, noise and equipment-based artefacts from experimental data could lead to more precise and reliable... — full story