News tagged with nitrogen atoms

A glow in the Martian night throws light on atmospheric circulation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A faint, infrared glow above the winter poles of Mars is giving new insights into seasonal changes in the planet's atmospheric circulation. The tell-tale night emission was first detected ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First step taken to image ultra-fast movements in chemical reactions

A team of international researchers have fired ultra-fast shots of light at oxygen, nitrogen and carbon monoxide molecules as part of a development aimed at mapping the astonishingly quick movements of atoms within molecules, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NMR sheds new light on polymorphic forms in pharmaceutical compounds

Scientists at the University of Warwick have used state-of-the-art nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques to shed new light on how pharmaceutical molecules pack together in the solid state.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New chemical reaction holds promise for drug development

A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has devised a new method for making complex molecules. The reaction they have come up with should enable chemists to synthesize new ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mock atoms prove attractive: Researchers added first pseudo atoms to electronegativity scale

(PhysOrg.com) -- When studying an atom's ability to attract nearby electrons, scientists rely on electronegativity scales, which describe each atom's ability to pull in these negatively charged particles. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers invent a switch that could improve electronics

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have invented a new type of electronic switch that performs electronic logic functions within a single molecule. The incorporation of such single-molecule elements could enable ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

In nitrogenase - enzyme critical for life, X-ray emission cracks mystery atom

Like a shadowy character just hidden from view, a mystery atom in the middle of a complex enzyme called nitrogenase had long hindered scientists' ability to study the enzyme fully.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New knowledge about 'flawed' diamonds could speed the development of diamond-based quantum computers

A University at Buffalo-led research team has established the presence of a dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in defective diamonds, a finding that will help advance the development of diamond-based systems in applications ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Astrophysics and extinctions: News about planet-threatening events

Space is a violent place. If a star explodes or black holes collide anywhere in our part of the Milky Way, they'd give off colossal blasts of lethal gamma-rays, X-rays and cosmic rays and it's perfectly reasonable to expect ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Scientists get first detailed look at nitrogen doping in single-layer graphene

(PhysOrg.com) -- The strength, flexibility, transparency and high electrical conductivity of single-layer graphene make it a potentially unique and valuable material for the next generation of electronic devices. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop plan to end the use of environmentally harmful chemicals on commercial crops

(Edmonton) Two University of Alberta researchers have published a step by step plan to one-day end the use of environmentally harmful chemicals on commercial crops by developing plants that produce their own fertilizer.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Subatomic quantum memory in diamond demonstrated

Physicists working at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Konstanz in Germany have developed a breakthrough in the use of diamond in quantum physics, marking an important step ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 32 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify caffeine-consuming bacterium

As it turns out, humans aren't the only organisms that turn to caffeine for a pick-me-up. University of Iowa scientists have identified four different bacteria that actually can live on caffeine.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diamonds shine in quantum networks: Researchers hitch precious stone's impurities onto nano-resonators

When it comes to dreaming about diamonds, energy efficiency and powerful information processing aren't normally the thoughts that spring to mind. Unless, of course, you are a quantum physicist looking to create the most secure ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diamond center defect helps scientists measure electrical fields

Scientists recognize how important a role electrical fields play in nature and technical areas. By adjusting these fields, the transmission of nerve impulses becomes possible and the operation of modern data ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0