Fusion by strong lasers
HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nucleiCredit: DESY Nuclear physics usually involves high ...
Tag: Atomic/Molecular/Particle Physics
Sun’s close-up reveals atmosphere hopping with highly energetic particles
New data from the first two orbits by NASA's Parker Solar ProbeCredit: Image by Jamey Szalay and David McComas; Adapted ...
Atom music lets listeners experience atomic world through sound
By correlating bright lines within the atomic spectra to audible tones, individual atom notes can be identified to create atom ...
Inside ITER — the giant fusion reactor
A new book provides a behind-the-scenes view into ITER -- the world's biggest fusion reactor, and discusses the challenges and ...
Bending an organic semiconductor can boost electrical flow
Rutgers-led research could benefit next-generation electronicsCredit: Vitaly Podzorov/Rutgers University-New Brunswick p>Slightly bending semiconductors made of organic materials can roughly double ...
First electrons turn in the new ESRF-EBS Storage Ring
Credit: ESRF/stef Cande 2 December 2019 - The first electrons have been injected in the new ESRF Extremely Brilliant Source ...
SLAC scientists invent a way to see attosecond electron motions with an X-ray laser
Called XLEAP, the new method will provide sharp views of electrons in chemical processes that take place in billionths of ...
Daylight damage-saving time
A research team led by Kanazawa University studies the process by which the performance of advanced solar cells degrades over ...
The impact of molecular rotation on a peculiar isotope effect on water hydrogen bonds
Unveiling two deuteration effects on hydrogen-bond breaking process of water isotopomersCredit: NINS/IMS The physicochemical and biological properties of hydrogen-bonded systems ...
Molecular vibrations lead to high performance laser
Breakthrough method has implications for enhanced performance of lasers for communications, diagnostics and defenseCredit: Troan Tran Lasers. They are used ...
Researchers discover new way to split and sum photons with silicon
Credit: Lorenzo Mangolini/UC Riverside A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California, ...
The coldest reaction
With ultracold chemistry, researchers get a first look at exactly what happens during a chemical reaction By "freezing out "... ...
Black silicon can help detect explosives
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ...
Atomic-scale manufacturing method could enable ultra-efficient computers
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07637 As computers continue to infiltrate almost every aspect of modern life, their ...
Six Berkeley Lab scientists named AAAS fellows
Honorees recognized for achievements in heavy element chemistry, tectonics, microbial photosynthesis, geological processes, particle physics, and biomolecular engineeringCredit: Berkeley Lab ...
Lehigh University nuclear fusion plasma control expert pursuing global energy goal
Two recently awarded DOE grants fund the work of Eugenio Schuster, who is leading research teams at existing tokamaks that ...
Carbon soccer ball with extra proton probably most abundant form in space
Credit: Radboud University It is one of the most common forms of carbon in space: C60, a soccer ball-shaped carbon ...
New material captures and converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
Metal-organic framework material requires only water and air to convert the captured gas into nitric acid for industrial useCredit: Jill ...
Caught in afterglow: 1st detection of Inverse Compton emission from dying gamma-ray burst
Researchers from the Centre for Astro-Particle Physics (CAPP) within the Department of Physics at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) collaborate ...
Lehigh materials science professor elected to Academia Europaea
Prestigious honor from international association recognizes Christopher J. Kiely as a world-renowned expert in electron microscopy and catalyst material characterizationCredit: ...
