News tagged with infrared spectroscopy
Water's choice: A tale of two numbers and the order they predict
(PhysOrg.com) -- Well-ordered structure or chaotic jumble? That's the choice when water is mixed with a salt and cooled down. Now, thanks to a rule discovered by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ...
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Producing isolated laser pulses in attoseconds made easier using two-color laser field
Ultrafast time-resolved laser spectroscopy is a technique that uses the interaction of light with matter to study the properties of physical systems. Researchers can generate laser pulses lasting mere attoseconds ...
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Methane debate splits Mars community
Observations over the last decade suggest that methane clouds form briefly over Mars during the summer months. The discovery has left many scientists scratching their heads, since it doesn't fit into models ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2011 |
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The boundless promise -- and mystery -- of glass
For more than 40 years, Rensselaer Professor Minoru Tomozawa has been pioneering new innovations in a field that most people take for granted: glass.
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Eye on ionization: Visualizing and controlling bound electron dynamics in strong laser fields
(PhysOrg.com) -- Subatomic events can be remarkably counterintuitive. Such is the case in theoretical physics when, under certain specific conditions, atoms exposed to intense infrared laser pulses remain ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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A new X-ray spectroscopic tool for probing the interstellar medium
Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing the first clear detection of signatures long sought in the spectra of X-ray astronomical sources. These signatures, the so-called EXAFS standing for "Extended X-ray ...
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Terahertz Waves Are Effective Probes for IC Heat Barriers
(PhysOrg.com) -- By modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology discovered ...
May 06, 2009 |
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Infrared spectroscopy allows scientists to analyze protein structure on ultrafast timescale
Proteins can take many different shapes, and those shapes help determine each protein’s function. Analyzing those structures can tell scientists a great deal about how a protein behaves, but many of the ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Identifying Molecules in Infrared Could Lead to New Medicines
(PhysOrg.com) -- An interdisciplinary team of researchers has created a new, ultra-sensitive technique to analyze life-sustaining protein molecules. The technique may profoundly change the methodology of biomolecular ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Proteins prove their metal
(PhysOrg.com) -- The word 'metal' conjures up images of machines and heavy industry but metals are also intimately involved in the biological processes that regulate our bodies and underpin new energy technologies.
Jul 07, 2010 |
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Powerful optical centrifuge created to study dynamics of fast spinning molecules
(PhysOrg.com) -- High-energy molecules play a major role in the chemistry of combustion, plasmas and the atmosphere. Scientists have been able to generate and investigate molecules with large amounts of vibrational, ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 11, 2011 |
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New device for patients to monitor blood glucose levels
People with type 1 diabetes must keep a careful eye on their blood glucose levels: Too much sugar can damage organs, while too little deprives the body of necessary fuel. Most patients must prick their fingers ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 09, 2010 |
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Watching Catalytic Reactions from Within
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Utrecht University, in The Netherlands, have demonstrated a new way to get a real-time, microscopic view of the inner workings of catalytic reactions.
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Babies' brains tuned to sharing attention with others
Children as young as five months old will follow the gaze of an adult towards an object and engage in joint attention, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council. The findings, published ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Formation of the smallest droplet of acid
Exactly four water molecules and one hydrogen chloride molecule are necessary to form the smallest droplet of acid. This was the result of work by the groups of Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith (physical chemistry) ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 19, 2009 |
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