News tagged with outer electrons

Metal Becomes Transparent Under High Pressure

An international team of scientists have discovered a transparent form of the element sodium (Na). The team, led by Artem Oganov, Professor of Theoretical Crystallography at Stony Brook University, and Yanming ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 9

Astronomers solve mystery of vanishing energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt

UCLA researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt, using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

SwRI energetic particle instruments selected for Solar Probe Plus mission

NASA selected two instruments led by Southwest Research Institute, which measure energetic particles for the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft, slated to launch by 2018. This first-ever journey into the Sun's outer atmosphere - ca ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Fluorescent probes increase understanding of bacterium's electron transfer

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to transporting a cell's valuable electrons, the metal-reducing microbe Shewanella oneidensis only trusts stable, mature proteins, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast