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New INL project will improve nuclear reactor simulations

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new project at Idaho National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory will improve the way scientists model the inner workings of nuclear reactors.


A Theory of Dark Matter

A Theory of Dark Matter

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (41) | comments 58

Among the most astounding, unexpected, and important achievements of the past century (or even more) have been the discoveries of dark matter and dark energy, collectively dubbed the "dark sector."


New experiment could reveal make-up of the universe

New experiment could reveal make-up of the Universe

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool are constructing highly sensitive detectors as part of an international project to understand the elements that make up the universe.


NuTeV Anomaly Helps Shed Light on Physics of the Nucleus

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new calculation clarifies the complicated relationship between protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus and offers a fascinating resolution of the famous NuTeV Anomaly.


For the First Time, Scientists Measure the Size of a One-Neutron Halo with Lasers

For the First Time, Scientists Measure the Size of a One-Neutron Halo with Lasers

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 3

Atomic nuclei are normally compact structures defined by a sharp border. About twenty-five years ago, it was discovered at the University of California in Berkeley that there are exceptions to this picture: ...


Researchers heat up gold to surprising effect: It gets harder not softer

Researchers heat up gold to surprising effect: It gets harder not softer

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Common sense tells us that when you heat something up it gets softer, but a team of researchers, led by University of Toronto chemistry and physics professor R.J. Dwayne Miller, has demonstrated the exact ...