News tagged with synchrotron sources

New National Synchrotron Light Source II construction more than 70 percent complete

(Phys.org) -- Construction of the $912-million National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is more than 70 percent complete – ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists discover bilayer structure in efficient solar material

Detailed studies of one of the best-performing organic photovoltaic materials reveal an unusual bilayer lamellar structure that may help explain the material's superior performance at converting sunlight to electricity and ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Manganese concentrations higher in residential neighborhoods than industrial sites, varies by region

In residential neighborhoods near manufacturing industries, a breath of air may be more hazardous than refreshing depending on the location, finds a recent study involving a Kansas State University geologist.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Faster 3D nanoimaging a possibility with full colour synchrotron light

Researchers can now see objects more precisely and faster at the nanoscale due to utilising the full colour spectrum of synchrotron light, opening the way for faster 3D nanoimaging.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

British and Canadian synchrotrons sign agreement

Making the power of synchrotron light available to more businesses, building new experimental equipment and developing new capabilities are three of the areas of collaboration in a trans-Atlantic memorandum of understanding ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New synchrotron X-ray technique could see hidden building blocks of life

Scientists from Finland and France have developed a new synchrotron X-ray technique that may revolutionize the chemical analysis of rare materials like meteoric rock samples or fossils. The results have been ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Brookhaven lab's new light source halfway there

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is now halfway toward completing construction of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a powerful x-ray microscope ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Shortest-pulse X-ray beams could illuminate atomic, molecular interactions

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultra-short X-ray beams produced at the University of Michigan could one day serve as more sensitive medical diagnostic tools, and they could work like strobe lights to allow researchers to ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New highly stable fuel-cell catalyst gets strength from its nano core

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stop-and-go driving can wear on your nerves, but it really does a number on the precious platinum that drives reactions in automotive fuel cells. Before large fleets of fuel-cell-powered vehicles ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New research divines structure for class of proteins

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most proteins are shapely, but about one-third of them lack a definitive form, at least that scientists can readily observe. These intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) perform a host of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Accessing the risk of arsenic ingestion with mineralogy

Canadian researchers working at Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) have created a method for determining how much of the arsenic in soil tailings -- byproducts of the mining industry -- ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

LCLS comes online

The recently opened Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SNAL) provides scientists around the world with a brilliant new tool to understand fundamental properties ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New Details of Tuberculosis Protein-Cleaving Machinery Revealed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists looking for new ways to fight tuberculosis (TB) have their sights set on a structure essential to the bacterium's survival. Disabling this structure could kill the microbes in the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The Molecular Mechanics of Hearing and Deafness (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our senses are essential for survival and for the exploration of natural environments, and much has been learned about the molecular basis of vision, olfaction, and taste. Yet only a few of ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast