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Condensed Matter Mar 5, 2024

How scientists' ability to adapt led to new insights into magnetism

With time scheduled to use a certain beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source-II (NSLS-II), scientists from NSLS-II and their partner institutions faced a challenge. They planned on researching a special type of ...

General Physics Feb 26, 2024

Laser-focused look at spinning electrons shatters world record for precision

Scientists are getting a more detailed look than ever before at the electrons they use in precision experiments.

General Physics Feb 23, 2024

Super strong magnetic fields leave imprint on nuclear matter

A new analysis by the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle collider at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, provides the first direct evidence of the ...

Astronomy Feb 22, 2024

New measurement of cosmic distances in the dark energy survey gives clues about the nature of dark energy

We now have a standard model of cosmology, the current version of the Big Bang theory. Although it has proved very successful, its consequences are staggering. We know only 5% of the content of the universe, which is normal ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 9, 2024

Engineers boost efficiency for converting greenhouse gas into ethylene

Engineers at the University of Cincinnati have created a more efficient way of converting carbon dioxide into valuable products while simultaneously addressing climate change.

Biotechnology Feb 8, 2024

New genetic strategy for preventing breakdown of plant oils needed for biofuels and other products

Biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new way to boost the oil content of plant leaves and seeds. As described in the journal New Phytologist, the scientists ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 7, 2024

Research team takes a fundamental step toward a functioning quantum internet

Research with quantum computing and quantum networks is taking place around the world in the hopes of developing a quantum internet in the future. A quantum internet would be a network of quantum computers, sensors, and communication ...

Cell & Microbiology Feb 6, 2024

Research team identifies new approach to tackling bacterial infections

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new approach to controlling bacterial infections. The findings are described in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.

Superconductivity Feb 5, 2024

Research offer direct view of tantalum oxidation that impedes qubit coherence

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have used a combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and computational ...

Nanophysics Feb 5, 2024

Magnesium protects tantalum, a promising material for making qubits

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that adding a layer of magnesium improves the properties of tantalum, a superconducting material that shows great promise ...

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