Physical Sciences
Neutron analysis has revealed unique atom-scale behavior of 'cobalt blue' that could answer questions about other materials.
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Two pulsed-power machines used to test the nation’s defenses against atomic weapons have surpassed 4,000 and 9,000 firings.
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Research will examine how plasmas interact with the walls of structures containing them and could lead to improvements in many areas.
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Emerging techniques for assessing physical properties of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, medical devices and packaging.
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A group from NIST has extended the reach of their novel microfluidic system for analyzing the chemical components of complex samples.
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NIST physicists have achieved an error rate small enough to meet theoretical requirements for building viable quantum computers.
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Researchers find ultra-thin films of superconductors don’t lose their fundamental properties when built under strain.
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A Kentucky University prof has proven that nonacenes are, in fact, possible to create, good news for organic materials research.
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Spintronics – electronics based not on electric charge but on electron spin – may benefit from recent magnetic discovery.
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For the first time, bulk electronic structures have been opened to comparable scrutiny through a new technique called HARPES.
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A recently released MINOS result appears to quell concerns raised by a MINOS result in June 2010 about how the subatomic world works.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have created the strongest magnetic field produced by a nondestructive magnet.
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