News tagged with nitrogen atoms

Iron-nitrogen compound forms strongest magnet known

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of scientists from the University of Minnesota say that Fe16N2 crystals are more magnetic than the most magnetic material previously known, and its magnetism exceeds the predicted ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (45) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

New way to break some of the strongest chemical bonds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Cornell University in the U.S. have found a new way of breaking two of the strongest chemical bonds, at ambient temperature and pressure, and this breakthrough could lead to ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 0 weblog

Diamonds and the holy grail of quantum computing

Since Richard Feynman's first envisioned the quantum computer in 1982, there have been many studies of potential candidates -- computers that use quantum bits, or qubits, capable of holding an more than one value at a time ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (23) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Atomic weights of 10 elements on periodic table about to make an historic change

For the first time in history, a change will be made to the atomic weights of some elements listed on the Periodic table of the chemical elements posted on walls of chemistry classrooms and on the inside covers ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (23) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

New insights, and a new angle, on high-temperature superconductivity

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Princeton-led research team has revealed surprising information about how electron behavior influences the conduction of electricity in a class of high-temperature superconductors. An increased ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 6

Scientists look beyond diamond for quantum computing

A team of scientists at UC Santa Barbara that helped pioneer research into the quantum properties of a small defect found in diamonds has now used cutting-edge computational techniques to produce a road map for studying defects ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 30, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First Pump-Probe Experiment at Linac Coherent Light Source Completed

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first experiment using the Linac Coherent Light Source to illuminate molecules via a "pump-probe" technique has been completed by an international team of more than 30 scientists from ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Z-contrast microscope first to resolve, identify individual light atoms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest in aberration-corrected electron microscopy, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their colleagues have obtained the first images that distinguish individual ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Diamonds May Be the Ultimate MRI Probe, Say Quantum Physicists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diamonds, it has long been said, are a girl's best friend. But a research team including a physicist from the National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently found that the gems ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 1

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

Deep-Sea Microbes May Answer Long-Standing Question About Earth's Nitrogen Cycle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified an unexpected metabolic ability in a symbiotic community of deep-sea microorganisms. It may help solve a lingering mystery about the world's nitrogen cycle.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Michigan Tech Team Models Molecular Transistor

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic gadgetry gets tinier and more powerful all the time, but at some point, the transistors and myriad other component parts will get so little they won't work. That's because when ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 3

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

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

Study documents reaction rates for three chemicals with high global warming potential

A study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) provides new information about the rates at which three of the most powerful greenhouse gases are destroyed ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast