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'Copernicium' proposed as name for newly discovered element 112

In honor of scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the discovering team around Professor Sigurd Hofmann suggested the name "copernicium" with the element symbol "Cp" for the new element 112, discovered ...

Physics / General Physics

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Enceladus plume is a new kind of plasma laboratory

(Phys.org) -- Recent findings from NASA's Cassini mission reveal that Saturn's geyser moon Enceladus provides a special laboratory for watching unusual behavior of plasma, or hot ionized gas. In these recent ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Livermorium and Flerovium join the periodic table of elements

(Phys.org) -- The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) today officially approved new names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table.

Chemistry / Materials Science

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Scientists announce coalition to develop the world's cleanest passenger locomotive

Plans to create the world's first carbon-neutral higher-speed locomotive were announced today by the Coalition for Sustainable Rail (CSR), a collaboration of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE) ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Seeking signs of life at the glacier's edge

Microbes living at the edges of Arctic ice sheets could help researchers pinpoint evidence for similar microorganisms that could have evolved on Mars, the Jovian moon Europa, or Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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A new accelerator to study steps on the path to fusion

The just-completed NDCX-II, the second generation Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), is an unusual special-purpose ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Beaming up on the way to space

(Phys.org) -- Space may be the final frontier. But often a few trips to PML are necessary before things can get off the ground. One recent case in point is the test of an instrument called the Extreme Ultraviolet ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Research estimates how long Titan's chemical factory has been in business

Saturn's giant moon Titan hides within a thick, smoggy atmosphere that's well-known to scientists as one of the most complex chemical environments in the solar system. It's a productive "factory" cranking ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

End of the magic: Shell model for beryllium isotopes invalidated

A research group led by Professor Dr. Wilfried Nortershäuser has, for the first time, managed to measure the size of the charge distribution in the atomic nucleus of the highly exotic beryllium-12 isotope. ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New metal alloy electrode designed for plus-sized ions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Storing energy from wind farms and releasing that electricity on demand requires high-capacity, low-cost batteries; sodium-ion batteries could be part of the answer now, thanks to fundamental ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Sandia’s Ion Beam Laboratory looks at advanced materials for reactors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sandia National Laboratories is using its Ion Beam Laboratory (IBL) to study how to rapidly evaluate the tougher advanced materials needed to build the next generation of nuclear reactors ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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