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Using ion beams to detect art forgery

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Notre Dame nuclear physicists Philippe Collon and Michael Wiescher are using accelerated ion beams to pinpoint the age and origin of material used in pottery, painting, metalwork ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

MHI develops 12-inch wafer bonding machine capable of producing 3-D integrated LSI circuits at room temperature

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has developed the world's first fully automated 12-inch (300 millimeters) wafer bonding machine, dubbed the "Bond Meister MWB-12-ST," capable of producing 3-dimensionally integrated LSI ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

CNST collaboration demonstrates nanoscale focused ion beam employing laser-cooled lithium atoms

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and FEI Company have adapted a commercial focused ion beam (FIB) column to use photoionized laser-cooled lithium atoms as an ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two atoms entangled using microwaves for the first time

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have for the first time linked the quantum properties of two separated ions (electrically charged atoms) by manipulating them with microwaves ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 38 | with audio podcast

Better batteries through nanoscale 3D chemical imaging

Concerns over the finite availability of oil and the effect of greenhouse gases on climate have spurred intense efforts to develop electric-drive vehicles; the major barrier to successful commercialization ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Getting positive results with negative ions

Yes! That's the answer scientists from OI Analytical and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory got from their experiments to see if the new IonCCDTM can detect negative ions and large ions. Furthermore, employing ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NRL scientists focus on light ions for fast ignition of fusion fuels

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics Division demonstrate significant progress in the efficiency and cost effectiveness of light ions in the fast ignition of fusion targets. Light ions such as lithium ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Cell surgery' using nano-beams

Using a simple glass capillary, atomic physicists at RIKEN are developing an ultra-narrow ion beam that pinpoints a part of organelles in a living cell, enabling biologists to visualize how the damage affects ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

'A little off the top' helps map cells with submicrometer resolution

To determine if a tissue biopsy reveals the presence of cancer, a histologist often screens for cells with an abnormal appearance or a specific visible trait such as a larger-than-usual nucleus. However, by ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New plastics can conduct electricity

(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly discovered technique makes it possible to create a whole new array of plastics with metallic or even superconducting properties.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (37) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Atomically thin 'switch' makes for smarter electronic devices in the future

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new transistor made from graphene - the world's thinnest material - has been developed by a research team at the University of Southampton.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Samples of vital human tumor tissue irradiated with ions for the first time

Cancer treatment with ion beams developed at GSI is characterized by an excellent cure rate and only minor side effects. The therapy has been routinely in use for a little over one year. The effectiveness of the ion beams ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Tunable plastic thermometers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Universities of Queensland and New South Wales in Australia have discovered that the ability of a plastic to conduct electricity can be tuned by exposure to an ion beam. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A flow of heavy-ion results from the Large Hadron Collider

The Large Hadron Collider shut down its proton beams on Nov. 4, 2010, and quickly began circulating beams of lead ions, a run scheduled to last a month. Within days, the first results from ALICE, the LHC experiment ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

The promise of ion beam cancer therapy

For certain kinds of cancer, the most effective therapy does not use x-rays or gamma rays but beams of ions, the electrically charged cores of atoms, including hydrogen ions (protons) and heavier ions such ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0