Researchers have succeeded in using the immensely powerful X-ray pulses from the free electron laser (XFEL) facility SACLA to investigate excited-state induced transient lattice dynamics on sub-picosecond time scales in phase-change ...
Nanophysics
Feb 22, 2016
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Often the most difficult step in taking atomic-resolution images of biological molecules is getting them to form high-quality crystals needed for X-ray studies of their structure. Now researchers have shown they can get sharp ...
General Physics
Feb 10, 2016
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Since the discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals just over 100 years ago, X-ray diffraction as a method of structure determination has dominated structural research in materials science and biology. However, many ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 9, 2016
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A group of scientists from Lomonosov Moscow State University studied histamine molecules in the gas phase using an electron beam. The study involved both experiment and calculations, and the results have been published in ...
Biochemistry
Feb 8, 2016
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Although they don't currently have as much conductivity, solid-state electrolytes designed for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are emerging as a safer alternative to their more prevalent—sometimes flammable—liquid-electrolyte ...
Materials Science
Dec 21, 2015
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Most solid materials are of polycrystalline nature. In which way the individual grains are oriented in the material can be relevant for its functional properties. In order to determine the corresponding orientation distributions ...
Materials Science
Dec 18, 2015
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An innovative approach to calibrating high-tech microscopes enables researchers to track the movement of single molecules in 3D at the nanoscale.
Nanophysics
Nov 20, 2015
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For the first time, scientists have observed how molecules change direction after slow collisions with atoms. Researchers from Radboud University and the FOM Foundation allowed molecules to collide with atoms very slowly. ...
General Physics
Nov 13, 2015
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Photonic circuits, which use light to transmit signals, are markedly faster than electronic circuits. Unfortunately, they're also bigger. It's difficult to localize visible light below its diffraction limit, about 200-300 ...
Nanophysics
Oct 5, 2015
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Photosystem II (PSII) performs light-induced electron transfer reactions in photosynthesis, leading to the splitting of water into electrons, hydrogen ions, and oxygen, with which light energy from the sun is converted into ...
Materials Science
Sep 24, 2015
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