Physical Sciences
In a new report on the current status and future of nuclear physics, the National Research Council (NRC) highlights the “spectacular” performance and critical future role of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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Experiments observe a new particle in the mass region around 125-126 GeV.
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It's time to light up the nighttime skies with plenty of red, white and blue -- and yellow, orange and green, too.
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In an international scientific breakthrough, a Griffith University research team has been able to photograph the shadow of a single atom for the first time.
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CERN1 will hold a scientific seminar at 9:00CEST on 4 July to deliver the latest update in the search for the Higgs boson.
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Sandia seeks commercialization partners for promising “spectral shape discrimination” technology.
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An international team led by Artem R. Oganov, PhD, a professor of theoretical crystallography in the Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook University, has established the structure of a new form of carbon.
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Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have shown that subjecting graphene to mechanical strain can mimic the effects of magnetic fields and create a quantum dot.
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Until now, Earth was the only planet known to have vast reservoirs of water in its interior.
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Cork, known for its use in such low-tech applications as wine bottle stoppers and bulletin boards, now shows promise as the core material in composite sandwich structures for use in high-tech automotive, aircraft and energy applications.
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NuSTAR will allow scientists to observe a new class of objects in space, called extreme objects, which have never been seen.
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Military body armor and vehicle and aircraft frames could be transformed by incorporating the unique structure of the club-like arm of a crustacean that looks like an armored caterpillar according to findings by a team of researchers.
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