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Stabilizing Shell Effects in Heaviest Elements Directly Measured
August 10, 2012 An international research team has succeeded in directly measuring the strength of shell effects in very heavy elements. The results provide information on the nuclear structure of superheavy ... > full story -
Physicists Explore Properties of Electrons in Revolutionary Material
August 10, 2012 Scientists have found a new way to examine certain properties of electrons in graphene – a very thin material that may hold the key to new technologies in computing and other ... > full story -
Freezing Magnetic Monopoles: How Dipoles Become Monopoles and Vice Versa
August 9, 2012 Scientists have sharpened the theoretical framework under which monopoles can be ... > full story -
Plenty of Dark Matter Near the Sun
August 9, 2012 Astronomers have found large amounts of invisible "dark matter" near the Sun. Their results are consistent with the theory that the Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by a massive "halo" of dark matter, ... > full story -
Advance in X-Ray Imaging Shines Light on Nanomaterials
August 7, 2012 A new advance in X-ray imaging has revealed the dramatic three-dimensional shape of gold nanocrystals, and is likely to shine a light on the structure of other nano-scale ... > full story -
Higgs Transition of North and South Poles of Electrons in a Magnet
August 7, 2012 Minimal evidence of a Higgs transition;1 of north and south poles of electron spins was observed in a magnet Yb2Ti2O7 at the absolute temperature;2 0.21 K. A fractionalization of these monopoles from ... > full story -
Extreme Plasma Theories Put to the Test
August 6, 2012 The first controlled studies of extremely hot, dense matter have overthrown the widely accepted 50-year-old model used to explain how ions influence each other's behavior in a dense plasma. The ... > full story -
Quantum Physics: New Insights Into the Remote Control of Quantum Systems
August 6, 2012 Physicists shine new light on the question of the resources required for achieving quantum information processing. The scientists demonstrate that less demanding resources, which are easier to ... > full story -
High Performance Flexible Solid State Battery Developed
August 6, 2012 Scientists have developed a high performance flexible all-solid-state battery, an essential energy source for flexible ... > full story -
Information Advantage Gained from Surprising Quantum Source
August 6, 2012 New research lends hope that a phenomenon called quantum discord could be harnessed to bring quantum technologies within easier reach than ... > full story
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