General Physics
May 31, 2019
Experiments and calculations allow examination of boron's complicated dance
Work opens a path to precise calculations of the structure of other nuclei.
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Nanophysics
May 29, 2019
Atomic engineering with electric irradiation
Atomic engineering can selectively induce specific dynamics on single atoms followed by combined steps to form large-scale assemblies thereafter. In a new study now published in Science Advances, Cong Su and an international, ...
Nanomaterials
May 29, 2019
Researchers discover how a nanocatalyst works at the atomic level
Researchers of the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and Xiamen University, China, have discovered how copper particles at the nanometer scale operate in modifying a carbon-oxygen bond when ...
General Physics
May 17, 2019
Manipulating atoms one at a time with an electron beam
The ultimate degree of control for engineering would be the ability to create and manipulate materials at the most basic level, fabricating devices atom by atom with precise control.
Environment
May 16, 2019
UN chief concerned nuclear 'coffin' leaking in Pacific
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres raised concerns Thursday that a concrete dome built last century to contain waste from atomic bomb tests is leaking radioactive material into the Pacific.
General Physics
May 10, 2019
'Fire streaks' ever more real in the collisions of atomic nuclei and protons
Collisions of lead nuclei take place under extreme physical conditions. Their course can be described using a model which assumes that the transforming, extremely hot matter—the quark-gluon plasma—flows in the form of ...
General Physics
Apr 29, 2019
What a never-before-seen radioactive decay could tell us about neutrinos
Bill Fairbank is looking for... nothing.
Biochemistry
Apr 23, 2019
Scientists create first billion-atom biomolecular simulation
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have created the largest simulation to date of an entire gene of DNA, a feat that required one billion atoms to model and will help researchers to better understand and develop ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 18, 2019
Nanoscale magnetic imaging of ferritin in a single cell
In life sciences, the ability to measure the distribution of biomolecules inside a cell in situ is an important investigative goal. Among a variety of techniques, scientists have used magnetic imaging (MI) based on the nitrogen ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 15, 2019
Nuclear fuel removed from crippled Japan plant
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima power plant on Monday began removing atomic fuel from inside a building housing one of the reactors that melted down in 2011.
