Steel pipes rust and eventually fail. To preempt disasters, oil companies and others have created computer models to predict when replacement is needed. But if the models themselves go wrong, they can be modified only through ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 6, 2019
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In conventional holography a photographic film can record the interference pattern of monochromatic light scattered from the object to be imaged with a reference beam of un-scattered light. Scientists can then illuminate ...
The University of Huddersfield's combined electron microscope and ion beam accelerator is a world-class facility responsible for a large and growing global network of research collaborations. One of the latest is a partnership ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 3, 2019
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A key to materials synthesis is the ability to control the process of reduction kinetics and nucleation (phase transition) in materials. Understanding the reduction dynamics during the initial stage of material synthesis ...
Surfers spend much of their time watching long waves come onto the shoreline as they attempt to catch one right as it begins to curve and break.
Nanophysics
Dec 20, 2018
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aluminum alloys have unique material properties and are indispensable materials in aircraft manufacturing and space technology. With the help of high-resolution electron tomography, researchers at TU Graz have for the first ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 14, 2018
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When Michal Vadai's experiment worked for the first time, she jumped out of her seat.
Nanomaterials
Nov 7, 2018
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The chips that drive everyday electronic gadgets such as personal computers and smartphones are made in semiconductor fabrication plants. These plants employ powerful transmission electron microscopes. While they can see ...
General Physics
Oct 30, 2018
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A novel technique that nudges single atoms to switch places within an atomically thin material could bring scientists another step closer to realizing theoretical physicist Richard Feynman's vision of building tiny machines ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 10, 2018
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Experts in the Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre (nmRC) at the University of Nottingham have taken a first peak into the private life of atomic clusters.
Nanophysics
Sep 4, 2018
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