A Rice University laboratory has improved upon its ability to determine molecular structures in three dimensions in ways that challenge long-used standards.
General Physics
Aug 15, 2013
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Physicists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the TU München have developed a method using laser-generated X-rays and phase-contrast X-ray tomography to produce three-dimensional ...
General Physics
Aug 14, 2015
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A study of electron dynamics timed to millionths of a billionth of a second reveals the damage radiation can do on a molecular level.
General Physics
Jan 21, 2022
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The laser that will be the most powerful in the United States is preparing to send its first pulses into an experimental target at the University of Michigan.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 15, 2022
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Construction begins today on a major upgrade to a unique X-ray laser at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The project will add a second X-ray laser beam that's 10,000 times brighter, on average, ...
General Physics
Apr 4, 2016
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Double-core-hole (DCH) states – in which two electrons are ejected from their positions, creating vacancies – occurring at different atomic sites are very sensitive to the chemical environment of ...
Using AstroSat satellite, Indian astronomers have detected strong X-ray pulsations from an X-ray binary pulsar known as 3A 0726-260. The discovery, presented in a paper published April 26 on the arXiv pre-print repository, ...
Studying the fleeting actions of electrons in organic materials will now be much easier, thanks to a new method for generating fast X-rays.
Optics & Photonics
May 11, 2018
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Scientists at Stockholm University have discovered that water can exhibit a similar behavior to that of a liquid crystal when illuminated with laser light. This effect originates by the alignment of water molecules, which ...
Condensed Matter
Aug 11, 2020
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A global science collaboration using data from NASA's Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope on the International Space Station has discovered X-ray surges accompanying radio bursts from the pulsar in ...
Astronomy
Apr 8, 2021
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