Heavy water tastes sweet
Credit: Carmelo Tempra / IOCB Prague Ordinary pure water has no distinct taste, but how about heavy water - does ...
Tag: Atomic/Molecular/Particle Physics
Scientists reveal elusive inner workings of antioxidant enzyme with therapeutic potential
Credit: ORNL/Jill Hemman Mitochondria, known as the powerhouses within human cells, generate the energy needed for cell survival. However, as ...
NIST demo adds key capability to atom-based radio communications
Credit: NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have demonstrated an atom-based sensor that ...
Story tips: Mighty Mo material, fueling retooling, goods on the move, doubling concrete and more
Credit: ORNL/U.S. Dept. of Energy Manufacturing - Mighty Mo Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists proved molybdenum titanium carbide, a refractory ...
Skoltech team used mass spectrometry to study composition of meteorites
Credit: Skoltech Scientists from Russia and Germany studied the molecular composition of carbonaceous chondrites - the insoluble organic matter of ...
Scientists developed a safe and cheap technology of disinfection of the packed eggs
It allows to kill bacteria and to raise healthy chickens with less dose of antibioticsCredit: UrFU / Ilya Safarov. Russian ...
Distant, spiralling stars give clues to the forces that bind sub-atomic particles
Space scientists have found a new way to probe the internal structure of neutron stars, giving clues about the makeup ...
Researchers realize synthetic gauge fields in single optomechanical resonator
Credit: CHEN Yuan et al. The research team led by Prof. GUO Guangcan and Dr. DONG Chunhua from the University ...
Search for strange Skyrmion phenomenon fails but finds stranger magnetic beaded necklace
Physicists on the hunt for a rarely seen magnetic spin texture have discovered another object that bears its hallmarks, hidden ...
Titanium dioxide stars in the first IFJ PAN research at the Cracow synchrotron
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Few compounds are as important to industry and medicine today as titanium dioxide. Despite the variety ...
Spin-to-charge conversion achieves 95% overall qubit readout fidelity
Credit: ZHANG Qi et al. The team led by Professor DU Jiangfeng and Professor WANG Ya from the Chinese Academy ...
Researchers develop third and final ‘made-to-order’ nanotube synthesis technique
Credit: NINS/IMS The current method of manufacturing carbon nanotubes--in essence rolled up sheets of graphene--is unable to allow complete control ...
3D design leads to first stable and strong self-assembling 1D nanographene wires
Credit: NINS/IMS Nanographene is flexible, yet stronger than steel. With unique physical and electronic properties, the material consists of carbon ...
A Skoltech method helps model the behavior of 2D materials under pressure
Credit: ACS Nano (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10609 Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) have developed a ...
Study shows promise of quantum computing using factory-made silicon chips
A single qubit on a standard silicon transistor chip has been successfully demonstrated as "quantum capable" in a new study ...
Canadian-built laser chills antimatter to near absolute zero for first time
Researchers achieve world's first manipulation of antimatter by laserCredit: Chukman So/TRIUMF Vancouver, BC - Researchers with the CERN-based ALPHA collaboration ...
Scientists at CERN successfully laser-cool antimatter for the first time
The result opens the door to considerably more precise studies of the response of antimatter to light and of how ...
A new technique to synthesize superconducting materials
University of Rochester researchers reduce the pressure required by separating hydrogen atoms from yttrium with a thin film of palladiumCredit: ...
Researchers observe new isotope of fluorine
Credit: Image courtesy of Robert J. Charity, Washington University in St. Louis Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis reported ...
Why are optical refractive indices so small?
Credit: ICFO Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon cover, voted the greatest classical rock album of all time, intended ...
