News tagged with elemental atoms
Physicists show standard 'quasiparticle' theory breaks down at 'quantum critical point'
A new study this week finds that "quantum critical points" in exotic electronic materials can act much like polarizing "hot button issues" in an election. Reporting in Nature, researchers from Rice Univer ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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New method to separate much-needed medical isotopes proposed
Individual atoms of a certain chemical element can be very stubborn when it comes to separation, mainly because techniques rely on a difference in chemical and physical properties — atoms are almost identical in both ...
Feb 28, 2012 |
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New material for thermonuclear fusion reactors
Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Oxford University and the University of Michigan have joined efforts to develop new materials for thermonuclear fusion reactors. Their research focuses on characterization ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Cosmic crashes forging gold: Nuclear reactions in space do produce the heaviest elements
(PhysOrg.com) -- Collisions of neutron stars produce the heaviest elements such as gold or lead. The cosmic site where the heaviest chemical elements such as lead or gold are formed has most likely been identified: ...
Sep 09, 2011 |
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Physicists closing in on 'God particle' (Update)
Experiments at the world's biggest atom smasher have yielded tantalising hints that a long-sought sub-atomic particle truly exists, with final proof likely by late 2012, physicists said Monday.
Jul 25, 2011 |
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After three years of review, two new elements finally added to the Periodic Table
(PhysOrg.com) -- After three years of review, a committee representing the governing bodies of both chemistry and physics, has published a paper on Pure and Applied Chemistry, accepting the work of a coll ...
Jun 07, 2011 |
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The importance of fundamental measurements
At the Radioactive Isotope Beam Facility (RIBF) of the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator Science in Wako, a research team has measured the time it takes for 38 extremely rare isotopes to decay by half. ...
May 04, 2011 |
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First evidence for a spherical magnesium-32 nucleus
Elements heavier than iron come into being only in powerful stellar explosions, supernovae. During nuclear reactions all kinds of short-lived atomic nuclei are formed, including more stable combinations – ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Recycling waste heat into energy: Researchers take a step toward more efficient conversion
(PhysOrg.com) -- The right material wrapped around your car's exhaust system could one day scavenge heat that would otherwise be wasted, turning it into energy to warm the cabin or recharge the battery.
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Atomic weights of 10 elements on periodic table about to make an historic change
For the first time in history, a change will be made to the atomic weights of some elements listed on the Periodic table of the chemical elements posted on walls of chemistry classrooms and on the inside covers ...
Dec 15, 2010 |
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An Alchemist's Dream: Superatoms Mimic Elements
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Will Castleman and his team have discovered clusters of atoms that mimic some of the properties of other elements. Called "superatoms," these clusters of atoms behave like a single "superatom" ...
Jul 29, 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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Cryo-electron microscope 'sees' atoms for first time
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA researchers report in the April 30 edition of the journal Cell that they have imaged a virus structure at a resolution high enough to effectively "see" atoms, the first published instan ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Nuclear missing link created at last: Superheavy element 117 (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A collaboration of Russian and US physicists has finally created element 117 - a superheavy element made of atoms containing 117 protons that is roughly 40% heavier than lead.
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Setting out to discover new, long-lived elements
Besides the 92 elements that occur naturally, scientists were able to create 20 additional chemical elements, six of which were discovered at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt.
Feb 11, 2010 |
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