Physical Sciences
The first artificial molecules whose chirality can be rapidly switched from a right-handed to a left-handed orientation with a beam of light have been created.
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Fifteen years of work by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) team paid off on July 5 with a historic record-breaking laser shot.
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Using a powerful scanning electron microscope at Idaho State University, ISU anthropologist and research scientist David Peterson is helping shed light on the making of gold by nomadic horsemen 4,000 years ago.
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New method has potential to advance materials measurement.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) scientist Richard Hughes discusses the basics of cryptography and quantum physics and the ways LANL researchers use them to address security challenges in an increasingly networked world.
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After receiving more than 700 applications, researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Cornell have selected six individuals -- including an alumnus who lives in Ithaca -- to make up the crew of a four-month simulated Mars mission.
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A team of scientists has created an “MRI” of the Sun’s interior plasma motions, shedding light on how it transfers heat from its deep interior to its surface.
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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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