Using a combination of experimental and computational data, researchers discover paths to optimize pulses from highly intense X-ray beams.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 8, 2020
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An international team of scientists, including physicists from the University of Luxembourg, have reported a comprehensive view-point on how machine learning approaches can be used in Nanoscience to analyze and extract new ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 27, 2020
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Physicists working on a 60-year-old experiment to understand the origin of matter in the universe have uncovered a new tool for studying the movement of tiny particles along a surface, such as a virus travelling along a cell ...
General Physics
Sep 26, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Just as the power of the open-source design has driven down the cost of software to the point that it is accessible to most people, open-source hardware makes it possible to drive down the cost of doing experimental ...
Engineering
Mar 27, 2013
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A new study identifies microbes that potentially play important roles in breaking down harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals—also known as forever chemicals—and points to functional genes that may ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 10, 2024
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The rapidly advancing field of nanophononics focuses on the study of hypersound, which are acoustic waves in the gigahertz to terahertz range, at the nanoscale. These high-frequency acoustic vibrations, also known as acoustic ...
Nanophysics
Apr 11, 2023
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Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have developed a plastic film that can kill viruses that land on its surface with room light. The self-sterilizing film is the first of its kind—it is low cost to produce, can be ...
Biochemistry
Sep 9, 2022
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A research team has published their method to create a comprehensive database of polymer properties, as well as experimental validation, in npj Computational Materials.
Polymers
Dec 22, 2022
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(Phys.org) —Microscopes have been a centerpiece of experimental science since at least the 16th century, providing a window into the material world at extraordinarily small scales. As the structures examined decrease in ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 17, 2013
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Scientists in Islamic countries are often thought by those in the West to be languishing behind the rest of the world. Jim Al-Khalili tells Physics World readers what has been impeding scientific progress in the Islamic world ...
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2010
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