Radiation in parts of Marshall Islands is higher than Chernobyl
A Columbia University study suggests residents not return to several uninhabited islands until areas are thoroughly cleaned and further assessed ...
Tag: Nuclear Physics
Using building materials to monitor for high enriched uranium
A new paper details how small samples of ubiquitous building materials, such as tile or brick, can be used to ...
Fall 2019 American Physical Society Prize and Award recipients announced
COLLEGE PARK, MD, July 11, 2019 -- The American Physical Society (APS) has announced the Society's Fall 2019 prize and ...
Mad cow disease: A computational model reveals the mechanism of replication of prions
The study, from the Dulbecco Telethon Institute and the University of Trento in collaboration with the Italian National Institute of ...
Nuclear physics in search of world artifacts
The first 3D images of the oldest Christian church in Russia were obtainedCredit: © NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists together ...
NUS scientists discover how to ‘lock’ heat in place using quantum mechanics
Credit: National University of Singapore A ground-breaking study conducted by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has revealed ...
Fusion scientists have developed ‘the nano-scale sculpture technique’
This enables observation inside hard materials with an atomic-scaleCredit: NIFS A research team of fusion scientists has succeeded in developing ...
First all-digital nuclear reactor control system in the US installed at Purdue University
Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Nuclear power plants generate 20% of the nation's electricity and are the ...
Tracking down dark matter
Physicists at Mainz University intend to detect axions using a new comagnetometer configurationCredit: ©Arne Wickenbrock, JGU Matter surrounds us day ...
The world’s first high-intensity laser pulses shaped like a corkscrew
NSF funds UC San Diego plan to generate -- and study -- the world's first high-intensity laser pulses shaped like ...
Quantum technology R&D program between Ben-Gurion University, IDF and US Defense Departments
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL...July 2, 2019 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) announces that it is pursuing joint research and development ...
‘Full of surprises’
Condensed matter theorist Cenke Xu receives 2019 Simons Investigator Award Not long ago, UC Santa Barbara condensed matter physicist Cenke ...
MiLiQuant: Putting quantum technology into practice
Collaboration of businesses and universities aims to transfer technology from the lab scale to practical industrial applicationsCredit: photo/©: Arne Wickenbrock ...
The 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting has opened its doors
Scientists from 89 countries meet with 39 Nobel Laureates Following the topic cycle, this year's programme is dedicated to physics. ...