News tagged with inelastic neutron


Scientists prove unconventional superconductivity in new iron arsenide compounds

Scientists prove unconventional superconductivity in new iron arsenide compounds

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used inelastic neutron scattering to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors cannot ...





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Atomic Tug of War

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (38) | comments 4

A new form of energy-transfer, reported today in Nature (3 July 2008) may have implications for the study of reactions going on in the atmosphere, and even for those occurring in the body.


Nanotechnologists Gain Powerful New Materials Probe

Nanotechnologists Gain Powerful New Materials Probe

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and The Johns Hopkins University have constructed a unique tool for exploring the properties of promising new materials with ...


Studying the 'mountains' and 'starquakes' that develop on neutron stars

Physics / General Physics

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Neutron stars have the potential to play an important role in understanding some of the mysteries of the universe. One of factors that could help lead to an understanding of gravitational waves and the mechanisms ...


Spallation Neutron Source

Spallation Neutron Source first of its kind to reach megawatt power (w/ Podcast)

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Department of Energy's Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), already the world's most powerful facility for pulsed neutron scattering science, is now the first pulsed spallation neutron source ...


New NIST Detector Can 'See' Single Neutrons Over Broad Range

New detector can 'see' single neutrons over broad range

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have developed a new optical method that can detect individual neutrons and record them over a range ...


Research sheds new light on neutron stars (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by Michigan State University scientists has shed new light on the properties of neutron stars, galactic oddities that are formed when a large star runs out of fuel and collapses.


Carbon atmosphere discovered on neutron star

Carbon Atmosphere Discovered on Neutron Star

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year ...


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Star crust 10 billion times stronger than steel, physicists find

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (47) | comments 26

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a theoretical physicist at Indiana University shows that the crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel or any other of the earth's strongest metal alloys.


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Spallation Neutron Source sends first neutrons to 'Big Bang' beam line

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 09, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 0

New analytical tools coming on line at the Spallation Neutron Source, the Department of Energy's state-of-the-art neutron science facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, include a beam line dedicated to ...


Using neutron-computed tomography techniques, scientist measure in-situ water content

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of California in Davis present results from a newly developed non-invasive technique that uses thermal neutron attenuation to measure spatial and temporal distribution of water in soils. The study, ...



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