News tagged with spectroscopic data
Carbonic acid: now isolated in the gas phase and examined spectroscopically
(PhysOrg.com) -- Until now, it has stubbornly defied all attempts at detection: according to current textbooks, gas-phase carbonic acid should not exist at all, because it immediately decomposes into water ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 24, 2010 |
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3 questions: Ben Weiss discusses what a wet moon might mean
Last week, NASA and other agencies announced results from instruments aboard three different spacecraft which all indicate that there is water present in the surface soil, or regolith, of the moon. Although ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2009 |
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11.5 billion years old: Stellar archaeology traces Milky Way's history
(Phys.org) -- Unfortunately, stars don't have birth certificates. So, astronomers have a tough time figuring out their ages. Knowing a star's age is critical for understanding how our Milky Way galaxy built ...
May 30, 2012 |
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Subaru telescope pioneers the use of adaptive optics for optical observations
A research team from the University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Ehime University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has succeeded in conducting the first, full-scale scientific observationswith ...
May 25, 2012 |
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'Ridiculously' dim bevy of stars found beyond Milky Way
(Phys.org) -- A team of American, Canadian and Chilean astronomers have stumbled onto a remarkably faint cluster of stars orbiting the Milky Way that puts out as much light as only 120 modest Sun-like stars. ...
Apr 27, 2012 |
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The sea as a rubbish tip
Biologists have prepared guidelines for a more precise investigation into marine pollution from microplastic particles.
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Superconducting submillimeter-wave limb-emission sounder (SMILES)
The Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) is the first onboard mechanically cooled superconducting mixer and high-resolution system for measuring atmospheric minor constituents ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2012 |
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When dark energy turned on (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some six billion light years distant, almost halfway from now back to the big bang, the universe was undergoing an elemental change. Held back until then by the mutual gravitational attraction ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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EMSL's novel spectroscopy device pairs visual clarity with sub-monolayer sensitivity
Seeing details from a new angle can lead to game-changing discoveries. Using polarization-resolved sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (PS-SFG-VS) and a newly constructed sub-wavenumber high-resolution ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Infrared spectroscopy allows scientists to analyze protein structure on ultrafast timescale
Proteins can take many different shapes, and those shapes help determine each protein’s function. Analyzing those structures can tell scientists a great deal about how a protein behaves, but many of the ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Spectroscopic evidence for the unusual handedness of a mammalian lipid may advance our understanding of evolution
Phospholipids are the main constituents of the cellular membranes in all organisms, ranging from single-celled archaea to highly complex plants and mammals. According to conventional wisdom, the chemical backbone ...
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Detection of cosmic effect may bring universe's formation into sharper focus
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first observation of a cosmic effect theorized 40 years ago could provide astronomers with a more precise tool for understanding the forces behind the universe's formation and growth, ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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