News articles tagged with 'lattice'
Quantum gas microscope offers glimpse of quirky ultracold atoms
— 5 Nov 2009 12:08 | TechnologyPhysicists at Harvard University have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics,... — full story
A recipe for controlling carbon nanotubes
— 20 Sep 2009 22:02 | TechnologyNanoscopic tubes made of a lattice of carbon just a single atom deep hold promise for delivering medicines directly to a tumour, sensors so keen they detect the arrival or departure... — full story
Optical atomic clock becomes portable
— 3 Sep 2009 18:00 | PhysicsYou imagine a clock to be different - yet the optical table with its many complicated set-ups really is one. Optical clocks like the strontium clock in the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt... — 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
New electron microscopy images reveal the assembly of HIV
— 23 Jun 2009 12:01 | HealthScientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University Clinic Heidelberg, Germany, have produced a three-dimensional reconstruction of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency... — full story
Superconducting chips to become reality
— 28 May 2009 14:07 | TechnologyMost chemical elements become superconducting at low temperatures or high pressures, but until now, copper, silver, gold, and the semiconductor germanium, for example, have all refused... — full story
Study finds particles, molecules prefer not to mix
— 5 May 2009 16:45 | ChemistryIn the world of small things, shape, order and orientation are surprisingly important, according to findings from a new study by chemists at Washington University in St. Louis... — full story
Scientists get a grip on colliding fermions to enhance atomic clock accuracy
— 16 Apr 2009 18:00 | TechnologyPhysicists have measured and controlled seemingly forbidden collisions between neutral strontium atoms - a class of antisocial atoms known as fermions that are not supposed to collide... — full story
Physicists discover important step for making light crystals
— 10 Apr 2009 13:16 | PhysicsOhio State University researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome one of the major obstacles to a grand challenge in physics... — full story
Quantum simulator with a great potential
— 7 Apr 2009 14:02 | PhysicsIn many not yet fully understood branches of physics, scientists hope to make progress with quantum computers. The special properties of the quantum particles that serve for storage... — full story