News tagged with radiation facility

Rapid etching X-rayed: Physicists unveil processes during fast chemical dissolution

A breakthrough in the study of chemical reactions during etching and coating of materials was achieved by a research group headed by Kiel physicist, Professor Olaf Magnussen. The team from the Christian-Albrechts-Universitat ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When the Earth mantle finds its core

The Earth's mantle and its core mix at a distance of 2900 km under our feet in a mysterious zone. A team of geophysicists has just verified that the partial fusion of the mantle is possible in this area when ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Unique close-up of the dynamics of photosynthesis

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have managed, with the help of an advanced X-ray flash, to photograph the movement of atoms during photosynthesis - an achievement that has been recognised ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

First studies of fossil of new human ancestor take place at the European Synchrotron

Palaeoanthropologist Prof. Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, has discovered a new species of early human ancestor in one of the best-preserved skeletons of an early hominid, dated arou ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

'Cinderella' - biaxial liquid crystal - is found at last

Recent research at the DUBBLE beamline has proved the existence of liquid crystals with two main axes. Liquid crystals with a single main axis are already used in LCDs (liquid crystal displays), but crystals ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

How to shoot the messenger

Cells rely on a range of signaling systems to communicate with each other and to control their own internal workings. Scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany, have ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Under Observation -- Restless Atoms Cause Materials to Age

(PhysOrg.com) -- Atoms have the habit of jumping through solids - a practice that physicists have recently been able to follow for the first time using a brand new method. This scientific advance was made ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Synthesizing the most natural of all skin creams

Even after nine months soaking in the womb, a newborn's skin is smooth - unlike an adult's in the bath. While occupying a watery, warm environment, the newborn manages to develop a skin fully equipped to protect ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Oldest fossil brain found in Kansas (Videos)

When Alan Pradel of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris CAT scanned a 300-million-year-old fossilized iniopterygian from Kansas, he and his colleagues saw a symmetrical blob nestled within ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0