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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists from the Japanese-led multi-national T2K neutrino collaboration announced today that over the weekend they detected the first events generated by their newly built neutrino beam at the J-PARC accelerator laboratory in Tokai, Japan. http://www.physorg.com/news178300806.html Physics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:01:48 EST news178300806 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists from the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, including graduate student David Bernstein, have made a promising discovery that a well-known synchrotron technique is applicable to free-electron lasers. http://www.physorg.com/news174589801.html Physics Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:11:29 EST news174589801 Thanks to a new analytical method employed by researchers at the University of Delaware, scientists can now pinpoint, at the millisecond level, what happens as harmful environmental contaminants such as arsenic begin to react with soil and water under various conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news172255125.html Chemistry Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:39:14 EST news172255125 (PhysOrg.com) -- Atoms have the habit of jumping through solids - a practice that physicists have recently been able to follow for the first time using a brand new method. This scientific advance was made possible thanks to the utilisation of cutting-edge X-ray sources, known as electron synchrotrons. The detailed findings of the project, backed by the Austrian Science Fund, were recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Materials. The work unlocks new potential for the study of material ageing processes at the atomic level. http://www.physorg.com/news172141084.html Physics Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:01:18 EST news172141084 (PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated a reliable path for sculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond. Their technique, which was published in the January 2009 edition of the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, could prove extremely valuable in the study of nanomaterials at future synchrotron light sources. http://www.physorg.com/news168536133.html Nanotechnology Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:36:13 EST news168536133 Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new, highly detailed x-ray imaging technique that could be developed into a method for early diagnosis of Alzheimer`s disease. The technique has previously been used to look at tumors in breast tissue and cartilage in human knee and ankle joints, but this study is the first to test its ability to visualize a class of miniscule plaques that are a hallmark feature of Alzheimer`s disease. Their results will appear in a July 2009 edition of the journal NeuroImage. http://www.physorg.com/news164294141.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:16:09 EST news164294141 (PhysOrg.com) -- Canadian Light Source (CLS) staff scientist Luca Quaroni and Dr. Alan Casson from the University of Saskatchewan used the synchrotron's infrared microscope to identify tissue afflicted with a condition known as Barrett's Esophagus from chemical fingerprints associated with the disease, which can lead to esophageal cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news163563060.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:10:01 EST news163563060 (PhysOrg.com) -- A clever materials science technique that uses a silicon crystal as a sort of nanoscale vise to squeeze another crystal into a more useful shape may launch a new class of electronic devices that remember their last state even after power is turned off. Computers that could switch on instantly without the time-consuming process of `booting` an operating system is just one of the possibilities, according to a new paper by a team of researchers spanning four universities, two federal laboratories and three corporate labs.* http://www.physorg.com/news160838773.html Nanotechnology Wed, 06 May 2009 14:26:48 EST news160838773 (PhysOrg.com) -- A research team from Northeastern University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology has discovered, serendipitously, that a residue of a process used to build arrays of titania nanotubes -a residue that wasn`t even noticed before this - plays an important role in improving the performance of the nanotubes in solar cells that produce hydrogen gas from water. Their results, published online on March 27, 2009 in the Journal of Materials Chemistry, indicate that by controlling the deposition of potassium on the surface of the nanotubes, engineers can achieve significant energy savings in a promising new alternate energy system. http://www.physorg.com/news159638959.html Nanotechnology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:10:00 EST news159638959 Even after nine months soaking in the womb, a newborn's skin is smooth - unlike an adult's in the bath. While occupying a watery, warm environment, the newborn manages to develop a skin fully equipped to protect it in a cold, dry and bacteria-infected world. http://www.physorg.com/news156512767.html Chemistry Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:46:41 EST news156512767 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University have managed for the first time to measure magnetic properties in new materials quantitatively with the help of electron microscopy - with unparalleled precision. The secret behind the breakthrough is a successful elaboration of electron microscope technology. The findings, published in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters, means that the energy loss entailed in all electromagnetic materials can ultimately be minimized. http://www.physorg.com/news155317166.html Physics Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:40:16 EST news155317166 When Alan Pradel of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris CAT scanned a 300-million-year-old fossilized iniopterygian from Kansas, he and his colleagues saw a symmetrical blob nestled within the braincase. This turned out to be the oldest brain found in fossil form, a wholly unexpected and rare discovery. http://www.physorg.com/news155236754.html Other Sciences Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:20:04 EST news155236754 What has been impossible has now been shown to be possible - an alloy between two incompatible elements. The findings are being published in this week's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA. http://www.physorg.com/news154868131.html Physics Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:56:12 EST news154868131 A new facility opening later this year at the Diamond synchrotron is set to revolutionise world heritage science. A new research platform soon to be available at the leading UK science facility, Diamond Light Source, will help uncover ancient secrets that have been locked away for centuries. For the first time ever, cultural heritage scientists will be able to scan and image large relics and artefacts up to two tonnes in weight in incredible precision. They will no longer be restricted to examining small items. http://www.physorg.com/news153929129.html Physics Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:06:17 EST news153929129 (PhysOrg.com) -- About 150 million years ago, an evolutionarily hybrid creature, a dinosaur on its way to becoming a bird, died in what is now Germany, and become fossilized in limestone. http://www.physorg.com/news153919451.html Physics Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:25:31 EST news153919451 In 2004 Lyncean Technologies announced the construction of the Compact Light Source (CLS), a miniature synchrotron which uses inverse Compton scattering to produce high-intensity, tunable, near-monochromatic x-ray beams. The CLS was designed to bring state-of-the-art protein structure determination to the home laboratory -- but it has also promised to have a broad impact across the spectrum of x-ray science. http://www.physorg.com/news150537938.html Physics Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:05:38 EST news150537938 (PhysOrg.com) -- Australia`s new $A200m synchrotron in Melbourne could contribute to the fight to save the Tasmanian devil from the outbreak of facial tumour disease currently decimating devil populations, according to Dr Jeff Church from CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology in Geelong. http://www.physorg.com/news141920955.html Biology Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:29:15 EST news141920955 A new technique allows pictures which were later painted over to be revealed once more. An international research team, including members from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and the University of Antwerp (Belgium), has successfully applied this technique for the first time to the painting entitled Patch of Grass by Vincent van Gogh. Behind this painting is a portrait of a woman. http://www.physorg.com/news136632636.html Chemistry Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:30:36 EST news136632636 Pears and apples contain air pathways to "breathe". The pathways are microscopically small structures for oxygen supply and are key elements in determining the fruit's health. http://www.physorg.com/news134913978.html Biology Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:06:18 EST news134913978