News tagged with atomic nucleus
Astronomers discover most massive neutron star yet known (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have discovered the most massive neutron star yet found, a discovery with strong and wide-ranging impacts across ...
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Isotope near 'doubly magic' tin-100 flouts conventional wisdom
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tin may seem like the most unassuming of elements, but experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are yielding surprising properties in extremely short-lived ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Quarks 'swing' to the tones of random numbers
At the Large Hadron Collider at CERN protons crash into each other at incredibly high energies in order to 'smash' the protons and to study the elementary particles of nature - including quarks. Quarks are ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Physicists hunt for a trace of the elusive, invisible geoneutrino
Princeton University proclaimed this month that some of its physicists had helped discover an invisible particle known as a geoneutrino.
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Explained: Bandgap
Why do some materials work well for making solar cells or light-emitting diodes (LEDs), while other materials don't? One key factor is having the right bandgap.
Jul 23, 2010 |
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A New Type of Molecule
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Rydberg atom is one with an electron that spends most of its time far from the nucleus. Rydberg atoms, which are normally artificially produced, can have dimensions thousands of times larger ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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Gravity-like theories give insight into the strong force
A new computation of the constant that describes the strength of the force between the quarks in a proton may help theorists tackle one of the most challenging problems of physics: analytically solving the theory of QCD and ...
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Radioactive isotope of tin confirmed to have doubly magic nucleus
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the U.S. and U.K. have demonstrated that the short-lived radioactive and neutron-rich isotope tin-132 has a doubly magic nucleus.
May 28, 2010 |
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Extra large carbon
An exotic form of carbon has been found to have an extra large nucleus, dwarfing even the nuclei of much heavier elements like copper and zinc, in experiments performed in a particle accelerator in Japan. ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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What will the Large Hadron Collider reveal?
With its successful test run at the end of 2009, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, seized the world record for the highest-energy particle collisions created by mankind. We can now reflect ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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New INL project will improve nuclear reactor simulations
A new project at Idaho National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory will improve the way scientists model the inner workings of nuclear reactors.
Sep 25, 2009 |
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A Theory of Dark Matter
Among the most astounding, unexpected, and important achievements of the past century (or even more) have been the discoveries of dark matter and dark energy, collectively dubbed the "dark sector."
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Imaging the inner workings of single molecules
With $20 million over five years from the National Science Foundation, UC Irvine scientists hope to become the first ever to make real-time videos of single molecules in action - a feat that has proved elusive ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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New experiment could reveal make-up of the Universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool are constructing highly sensitive detectors as part of an international project to understand the elements that make up the universe.
Aug 06, 2009 |
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NuTeV Anomaly Helps Shed Light on Physics of the Nucleus
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new calculation clarifies the complicated relationship between protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus and offers a fascinating resolution of the famous NuTeV Anomaly.
Jun 29, 2009 |
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