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NIST research collaboration spies Galfenol's inner beauty mark

Scientists spy Galfenol's inner beauty mark

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The sonar on submarines may get far more sensitive ears in the near future thanks to a mysterious compound developed by the military. Developed over a decade ago, it took a collaboration of ...


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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 ...





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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 ...


Spallation Neutron Source sees first target replacement

Spallation Neutron Source sees first target replacement

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Having outlasted all expectations of its service life, the original mercury target of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), the Department of Energy Office of Science's record-setting neutron science facility ...


Protons Pair Up With Neutrons

Protons Pair Up With Neutrons

Physics / General Physics

created May 29, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 6

Research performed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in ...


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 ...


Argonne scientists reach milestone in accelerator upgrade project

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have successfully stopped and then reaccelerated a stable ion through a newly constructed charge-breeder, bringing the CAlifornium Rare Isotope ...


First gamma-ray-only pulsar observation opens new window on stellar evolution

First gamma-ray-only pulsar observation opens new window on stellar evolution

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 16, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 4

About three times a second, a 10,000-year-old stellar corpse sweeps a beam of gamma-rays toward Earth. This object, known as a pulsar, is the first one known to "blink" only in gamma rays, and was discovered ...


Spallation Neutron Source: America Regains Leadership with World Record

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 30, 2007 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The Spallation Neutron Source, the Department of Energy's $1.4 billion research facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has established a new record as the world's most powerful accelerator based source of neutrons for ...


Particles are back in the LHC

Particles are back in the LHC

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 2

During the last weekend (23-25 October) particles have once again entered the LHC after the one-year break that followed the incident of September 2008.


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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