News tagged with neutron
Scientists investigate the possibility of wormholes between stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wormholes are one of the stranger objects that arise in general relativity. Although no experimental evidence for wormholes exists, scientists predict that they would appear to serve as shortcuts ...
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Chandra finds superfluid in neutron star's core
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered the first direct evidence for a superfluid, a bizarre, friction-free state of matter, at the core of a neutron star. Superfluids created in ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Planning for a nuclear future
Materials scientists and engineers from six UK universities are joining forces to forecast the life expectancy of nuclear power reactors.
Feb 17, 2011 |
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Nanotechnology benefits from volcanoes in the outer solar system
Mysterious expanding ice crystals in the moons of Saturn and Neptune may be of interest to future developers of microelectronics. Neutron scattering has discovered that methanol crystals that may be found in outer solar system ...
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Giant ring of black holes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just in time for Valentine's Day comes a new image of a ring -- not of jewels -- but of black holes.
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Bound neutrons pave way to free ones
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of bound protons and neutrons conducted at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has allowed scientists, for the first time, to extract information ...
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Neutron analysis reveals '2 doors down' superconductivity link
Neutron scattering analysis of two families of iron-based materials suggests that the magnetic interactions thought responsible for high-temperature superconductivity may lie "two doors down": The key magnetic ...
Feb 07, 2011 |
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'Tall order' sunlight-to-hydrogen system works, neutron analysis confirms
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a biohybrid photoconversion system -- based on the interaction of photosynthetic plant proteins with synthetic polymers ...
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Stellar discovery excites students
In the constellation of Ophiuchus, above the disk of our Milky Way Galaxy, there lurks a stellar corpse spinning 30 times per second -- an exotic star known as a radio pulsar. This object was unknown until ...
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Neutron scattering study yields new insights into virus life cycle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Without a host, a virus is a dormant package of proteins, genetic material and occasional lipids. Once inside a living cell, however, a virus can latch onto cell parts and spring into action ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Neighbor lends a hand: Spallation Neutron Source's tool to probe ITER's superconducting cable
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working with the U.S. ITER Project Office at ORNL, the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency and the ...
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Using neutron imaging to improve energy efficiency
Neutron scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are partnering with industry to enhance engine and commercial cooling technologies in hopes of making improvements that will optimize fuel and energy efficiency.
Jan 14, 2011 |
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High-energy surprises found in 'constant' Crab Nebula (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The combined data from several NASA satellites has astonished astronomers by revealing unexpected changes in X-ray emission from the Crab Nebula, once thought to be the steadiest high-energy ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Meteorite just one piece of an unknown celestial body
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from all over the world are taking a second, more expansive, look at the car-sized asteroid that exploded over Sudan's Nubian Desert in 2008. Initial research was focused on classifying ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Fahrenheit -459: Neutron stars and string theory in a lab
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using lasers to contain some ultra-chilled atoms, a team of scientists has measured the viscosity or stickiness of a gas often considered to be the sixth state of matter. The measurements ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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