These images capture the movement and collisions of cosmic rays—mysterious particles originating somewhere in deep space—as they stream through the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The results are profoundly beautiful.
Tag: Nuclear Physics
The era of quantum supremacy is here
Researchers will highlight the successes and challenges of quantum computing in the NISQ era at the APS 2020 March Meeting in Denver
Isotope movement holds key to the power of fusion reactions
Fusion may be the future of clean energy. The same way the sun forces reactions between light elements, such as hydrogen, to produce heavy elements and heat energy, fusion on Earth can generate electricity by harnessing the power of elemental…
Study analyzes impact of switch from nuclear power to coal, suggests directions for policy
Since incidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, many countries have switched from nuclear power to electricity production fired by fossil fuels, despite the environmental consequences of burning fuels such as coal. A new study used data from the…
The force is strong in neutron stars
Study identifies a transition in the strong nuclear force that illuminates the structure of a neutron star’s core
Isotope movement holds key to the power of fusion reactions
Fusion may be the future of clean energy. The same way the sun forces reactions between light elements, such as hydrogen, to produce heavy elements and heat energy, fusion on Earth can generate electricity by harnessing the power of elemental…
Study analyzes impact of switch from nuclear power to coal, suggests directions for policy
Since incidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, many countries have switched from nuclear power to electricity production fired by fossil fuels, despite the environmental consequences of burning fuels such as coal. A new study used data from the…
The force is strong in neutron stars
Study identifies a transition in the strong nuclear force that illuminates the structure of a neutron star’s core
Grabbing atoms
Otago physicists grab individual atoms in ground-breaking experiment
TPU researchers discover how to improve safety of nuclear power plants
Researchers at Tomsk Polytechnic University found a method to increase nuclear fuel lifetime by 75%
TPU researchers discover how to improve safety of nuclear power plants
Researchers at Tomsk Polytechnic University found a method to increase nuclear fuel lifetime by 75%
Method combination allows deep insights into ultrafast light-induced processes
Since the 1990s, femtochemistry has been researching ultrafast processes at the molecular level. In the last few years, the research group Femtosecond Dynamics at TU Graz’s Institute of Experimental Physics has been able to achieve a number of successes in…
Method combination allows deep insights into ultrafast light-induced processes
Since the 1990s, femtochemistry has been researching ultrafast processes at the molecular level. In the last few years, the research group Femtosecond Dynamics at TU Graz’s Institute of Experimental Physics has been able to achieve a number of successes in…
Researchers develop smaller, lighter radiation shielding
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for shielding electronics in military and space exploration technology from ionizing radiation. The new approach is more cost effective than existing techniques, and the secret ingredient is…rust. “Our approach…
Researchers develop smaller, lighter radiation shielding
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for shielding electronics in military and space exploration technology from ionizing radiation. The new approach is more cost effective than existing techniques, and the secret ingredient is…rust. “Our approach…
IOP Publishing strengthens commitment to open science
The society publisher’s ‘open physics’ programme is about making science more accessible, transparent and inclusive
IOP Publishing strengthens commitment to open science
The society publisher’s ‘open physics’ programme is about making science more accessible, transparent and inclusive
Smaller detection device effective for nuclear treaty verification, archaeology digs
This compact neutron resonance transmission analysis device can detect nuclear material in one minute and makes possible in 5 meters what normally requires a kilometer-scale neutron beam.
Smaller detection device effective for nuclear treaty verification, archaeology digs
This compact neutron resonance transmission analysis device can detect nuclear material in one minute and makes possible in 5 meters what normally requires a kilometer-scale neutron beam.
New self-assembled monolayer is resistant to air
Buckyballs can pave the way for molecular electronics
New self-assembled monolayer is resistant to air
Buckyballs can pave the way for molecular electronics
Explosion or collapse?
Experiment on beta-decay sheds light on fate of intermediate-mass stars
The CUORE Underground Experiment Narrows the Search for Rare Particle Process
The largest set of data yet from an underground experiment called CUORE sets more stringent limits on a theoretical ultra-rare particle process known as neutrinoless double-beta decay that could help to explain the abundance of matter over antimatter in the universe.
Utilizing relativistic effects for laser fusion: A new approach for clean power
Activating relativistic effects of intense laser light in plasma, researchers at Osaka University test a new method for achieving consistent nuclear fusion, which may lead to cheaper and emission-free energy production
Utilizing relativistic effects for laser fusion: A new approach for clean power
Activating relativistic effects of intense laser light in plasma, researchers at Osaka University test a new method for achieving consistent nuclear fusion, which may lead to cheaper and emission-free energy production
Ultrashort x-ray technique will probe conditions found at the heart of planets
Combining powerful lasers and bright x-rays, Imperial and STFC researchers have demonstrated a technique that will allow new extreme experiments. The new technique would be able to use a single x-ray flash to capture information about extremely dense and hot…
Ultrashort x-ray technique will probe conditions found at the heart of planets
Combining powerful lasers and bright x-rays, Imperial and STFC researchers have demonstrated a technique that will allow new extreme experiments. The new technique would be able to use a single x-ray flash to capture information about extremely dense and hot…
Researchers perfect nanoscience tool for studies of nuclear waste storage
This study involved the first-ever use of antimatter to investigate processes connected to potential long-term storage of waste from nuclear reactor
Researchers perfect nanoscience tool for studies of nuclear waste storage
This study involved the first-ever use of antimatter to investigate processes connected to potential long-term storage of waste from nuclear reactor
State of shock: 200-year-old law about gas mixtures called into question
According to a new study led by a team from The University of New Mexico, centuries-old laws about the behavior of gas mixtures do not apply in the presence of shock waves. This finding could have potential impact on everything…
State of shock: 200-year-old law about gas mixtures called into question
According to a new study led by a team from The University of New Mexico, centuries-old laws about the behavior of gas mixtures do not apply in the presence of shock waves. This finding could have potential impact on everything…
Matthias Schott receives ERC Consolidator Grant for new approach to search for axions
Data from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could help to track down the long sought-after axion
Ultrafast stimulated emission microscopy of single nanocrystals in Science
The ability to investigate the dynamics of single particle at the nano-scale and femtosecond level remained an unfathomed dream for years. It was not until the dawn of the 21st century that nanotechnology and femtoscience gradually merged together and the…
Ultrafast stimulated emission microscopy of single nanocrystals in Science
The ability to investigate the dynamics of single particle at the nano-scale and femtosecond level remained an unfathomed dream for years. It was not until the dawn of the 21st century that nanotechnology and femtoscience gradually merged together and the…
Fusion by strong lasers
HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nuclei
Fusion by strong lasers
HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nuclei
Russia’s nuclear industry set to fight the climate crisis by exporting education
Challenges and perspectives for Russia’s nuclear industry on its way to assuming a key role in the fight against the climate crisis on a global level, while also ensuring future growth and building on 65 years of prodigious legacy, dating…
Russia’s nuclear industry set to fight the climate crisis by exporting education
Challenges and perspectives for Russia’s nuclear industry on its way to assuming a key role in the fight against the climate crisis on a global level, while also ensuring future growth and building on 65 years of prodigious legacy, dating…
Gains in one type of disruption force are offset by losses in another
Doughnut-shaped tokamaks — facilities designed to reproduce the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars on Earth — must withstand forces that can be stronger than hurricanes created by disruptions in the plasma that fuels fusion reactions. Recent findings…
Gains in one type of disruption force are offset by losses in another
Doughnut-shaped tokamaks — facilities designed to reproduce the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars on Earth — must withstand forces that can be stronger than hurricanes created by disruptions in the plasma that fuels fusion reactions. Recent findings…
Lehigh University nuclear fusion plasma control expert pursuing global energy goal
Two recently awarded DOE grants fund the work of Eugenio Schuster, who is leading research teams at existing tokamaks that will help advance international efforts focused on ITER.
Six Berkeley Lab scientists named AAAS fellows
Honorees recognized for achievements in heavy element chemistry, tectonics, microbial photosynthesis, geological processes, particle physics, and biomolecular engineering
Nuclear reactors with a newly proposed barrier could’ve withstood Chernobyl and Fukushima
In the aftermath of the notorious accidents in the history of nuclear energy at Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011), where all three have turned into devastating disasters due to meltdown in the core of a reactor,…
Lehigh University nuclear fusion plasma control expert pursuing global energy goal
Two recently awarded DOE grants fund the work of Eugenio Schuster, who is leading research teams at existing tokamaks that will help advance international efforts focused on ITER.
Six Berkeley Lab scientists named AAAS fellows
Honorees recognized for achievements in heavy element chemistry, tectonics, microbial photosynthesis, geological processes, particle physics, and biomolecular engineering
Nuclear reactors with a newly proposed barrier could’ve withstood Chernobyl and Fukushima
In the aftermath of the notorious accidents in the history of nuclear energy at Three Mile Island (1979), Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011), where all three have turned into devastating disasters due to meltdown in the core of a reactor,…
Caught in afterglow: 1st detection of Inverse Compton emission from dying gamma-ray burst
A dying star emits intense flashes of light called a gamma-ray burst. Most days, the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope detects these flashes. About 20 years ago, scientists predicted that a gargantuan energy level – tera-electron volts – would be detected…
Blowing bubbles: PPPL scientist confirms way to launch current in fusion plasmas
An obstacle to generating fusion reactions inside facilities called tokamaks is that producing the current in plasma that helps create confining magnetic fields happens in pulses. Such pulses, generated by an electromagnet that runs down the center of the tokamak,…
Blowing bubbles: PPPL scientist confirms way to launch current in fusion plasmas
An obstacle to generating fusion reactions inside facilities called tokamaks is that producing the current in plasma that helps create confining magnetic fields happens in pulses. Such pulses, generated by an electromagnet that runs down the center of the tokamak,…
Nuclear warheads? This robot can find them
Trust, but verify. — Ronald Reagan Picture a swarm of autonomous, three-foot rolling robots armed with smart detectors to support nuclear safeguards and verify arms-control agreements. The prototype of such robots, being developed by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE)…