News tagged with fundamental process

MSU chemists become the first to solve an 84-year-old theory

The same principle that causes figure skaters to spin faster as they draw their arms into their bodies has now been used by Michigan State University researchers to understand how molecules move energy around following the ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Putting artificial atoms on the clock

Around the turn of the century, scientists began to understand that atoms have discrete energy levels. Within the field of quantum physics, this sparked the development of quantum optics in which light is ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers determine structure of intermediate form of unique enzyme

(PhysOrg.com) -- Montana State University chemists have determined the structure of an intermediate form of a unique enzyme that participates in some of the most fundamental reactions in biology.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists to study diamond-based quantum information processing, communication

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- In the quest for quantum information processing, diamonds may be a physicist's best friend.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0