News articles tagged with 'protons'
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
Atomic nucleus of beryllium is three times as large as normal due to halo
— 20 Feb 2009 14:20 | PhysicsAtomic nuclei are normally compact structures defined by a sharp border. About twenty-five years ago, it was discovered at the University of California in Berkeley that there were exceptions... — 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
Milagro detects cosmic ray hot spots
— 24 Nov 2008 19:50 | AstronomyThe University of Maryland-led Milagro collaboration, comprised of scientists from 16 institutions across the United States, has discovered two nearby regions with an unexpected excess... — full story
Physicists' analysis leads to discovery of new particle
— 11 Sep 2008 22:50 | PhysicsUniversity of Michigan physicists played a leading role in the discovery of a new particle, the Omega b baryon, which is an exotic relative of the proton. It was detected for the first... — full story
Protons pair up with neutrons
— 31 May 2008 17:07 | PhysicsResearch performed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than... — full story
Penning trap mass spectrometry technique uncovers new iron isomer
— 25 Mar 2008 15:07 | PhysicsA ground state atomic nucleus can be something of a black box, masking subtle details about its structure behind the aggregate interplay of its protons and neutrons. This is one reason... — full story
MIT physicist describes strange world of quarks, gluons
— 18 Feb 2008 16:26 | PhysicsOne of the great theoretical challenges facing physicists is understanding how the tiniest elementary particles give rise to most of the mass in the visible universe... — full story
Racing ahead at the speed of light
— 6 Feb 2008 19:16 | PhysicsImagine trying to catch up to something moving close to the speed of light - the fastest anything can move - and sending ahead information in time to make mid-path flight corrections.... — full story