News tagged with radiation source

Probing hydrogen under extreme conditions

(Phys.org) -- How hydrogen--the most abundant element in the cosmos--responds to extremes of pressure and temperature is one of the major challenges in modern physical science. Moreover, knowledge gleaned ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Two new records: The world's strongest and purest neutron beam

The world's strongest neutron beam is produced by a scientific instrument at the research neutron source FRM II (Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz) at the Technischen Universitaet Muenchen (TUM). ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Evaluating the energy balance of Saturn's moon Titan

To understand the weather and climate on Earth as well as on other planets and their moons, scientists need to know the global energy balance, the balance between energy coming in from solar radiation and thermal energy radiated ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Electron accelerator scientists report breakthroughs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell scientists have surpassed two major scientific milestones toward proving the technology of a novel, exceedingly powerful X-ray source.

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find world's first x-ray laser produces most coherent x-ray radiation ever

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's first x-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), first unveiled in 2009 at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto California, has been undergoing testing ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

SNS, HFIR experiments help refine thin-film solar cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar cells that convert sunlight into electricity could be a widely used renewable energy source. Getting to that point, though, requires breakthroughs in their cost and their efficiency at turning sunbeams ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New production process for NiO/Ni nanocomposite electrodes for supercapacitors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Conversion to renewable energy sources like wind and sun is only a question of time. Because wind and solar radiation vary in strength, the increase in renewable energy sources will cause ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

BNCT, a new-generation radiation treatment, is effective in advanced head and neck cancer

Biologically targeted BNCT treatment is based on producing radiation inside a tumour using boron-10 and thermal neutrons. Boron-10 is introduced into cancer cells with the help of a special carrier substance (phenylalanine), ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study will contribute to better understanding of nuclear ignition

As the nation's nuclear weapons are aging (think the beginning of the Cold War), the U.S. government is turning to researchers and scientists at universities such as UC San Diego to figure out safe and reliable ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A Kinoform's Best Friend: Diamond Refractive Lenses for Nanofocusing

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated a reliable path for sculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond. Their technique, which was ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2