Physics
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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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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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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Researchers have demonstrated a simple way to tune highly stable beams through a wide range of energies in table-top plasma accelerators.
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Five of the world's most advanced instruments for neutron scattering research are now serving the neutron science community.
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Researchers are developing new microscope technologies to see deep within living tissues.
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A new system at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory is set to open more multidisciplinary research opportunities.
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