JILA physicists have for the first time used their spinning molecules technique to measure the "roundness" of the electron, confirming the leading results from another group and suggesting that more precise assessments are ...
General Physics
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A research collaboration between Osaka University and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology for the first time used scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to create images of atomically flat side-surfaces of 3-D silicon ...
Nanophysics
Oct 10, 2017
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Unlike chemical reactions carried out in flasks in the laboratory, which allow researchers to convert reagents into products, usually in organic solvents, in biological environments, everything is much more unpredictable ...
Materials Science
Oct 10, 2017
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Ancient fossils of a whale species thought to be found only in southern waters have been discovered at northern sites in Japan and Italy.
Plants & Animals
Oct 10, 2017
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Rationality often goes out the window when new iPhones become available, as some consumers lose or break their fully functional current iPhones for an upgrade, according to a new study.
Economics & Business
Oct 10, 2017
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Yield gaps in wheat production in India can be countered with an earlier sowing date, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Environment
Oct 10, 2017
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A team led by Caltech recently solved a decades-old materials science mystery by tracking down the origin of entropy in metallic glasses.
Condensed Matter
Oct 10, 2017
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Astronomers have shed fresh light on the importance of hydrogen atoms in the birth of new stars.
Astronomy
Oct 10, 2017
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Known for their exceptional porosity that enables the trapping or transport of molecules, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) take the form of a powder, which makes them difficult to format. For the first time, an international ...
Materials Science
Oct 10, 2017
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Dangerous laser pointers are being sold to the public which unwittingly believes them to be safe, scientists from the University of Bath have warned.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 10, 2017
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