News articles tagged with 'neutrons'
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
Stanford researchers find a quicker, cheaper way to sort isotopes
— 30 Jun 2009 13:09 | PhysicsWhether it's the summer grass that tickles your feet or the red Bordeaux smacking on your palette, nearly every part of the world around you carries special chemical markers. These... — full story
'Cold fusion' rebirth? New evidence for existence of controversial energy source
— 24 Mar 2009 17:30 | PhysicsResearchers are reporting compelling new scientific evidence for the existence of low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), the process once called 'cold fusion' that may promise a new source... — full story
Weizmann Institute scientists observe the largest exploding star yet seen
— 23 Mar 2009 13:58 | AstronomyScientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and San Diego State University managed to observe a super-sized supernova explosion from start to finish, including the black hole... — full story
Nuclear fusion-fission hybrid could contribute to carbon-free energy future
— 29 Jan 2009 21:52 | EnvironmentPhysicists at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a new system that, when fully developed, would use fusion to eliminate most of the transuranic waste produced by nuclear... — full story
Argonne scientists reach milestone in accelerator upgrade project
— 6 Jan 2009 11:22 | TechnologyScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have successfully stopped and then reaccelerated a stable ion through a newly constructed charge-breeder,... — full story
Researcher nabs doubly magic tin isotope, a North American first
— 10 Dec 2008 11:48 | PhysicsWith help from newly developed equipment designed and built at Michigan State University, MSU researchers have been able to make first-of-its-kind measurements of several rare nuclei,... — full story
Listening to dark matter
— 16 Oct 2008 12:30 | AstronomyA team of researchers in Canada have made a bold stride in the struggle to detect dark matter. The PICASSO collaboration has documented the discovery of a significant difference between... — full story
Deactivating radioactive waste
— 22 Sep 2008 14:41 | TechnologyIn order to decrease the isolation time for radioactive waste, first of all, the actinides - elements whose nuclei are heavier than uranium (i.e. curium, actinium) - must be removed... — full story
Novel iron-based and copper-oxide high temperature superconductors share key magnetic properties
— 28 May 2008 17:00 | TechnologyIn the initial studies of a new class of high-temperature superconductors discovered earlier this year, research at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology... — full story