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Stretching Carbine Changes it from a Metallic Conductor to an Insulator

Applying just the right amount of tension to a chain of carbon atoms can turn it from a metallic conductor to an insulator, according to Rice University scientists.

22 Jul 2014

New, LUX-Zeplin Device to Boost Effectiveness of Original LUX Technology

From the physics labs at Yale University to the bottom of a played-out gold mine in South Dakota, a new generation of dark matter experiments is ready to commence.

21 Jul 2014

Highly Charged Ions Hold Potential for Processing Quantum Information

The world is mostly neutral. That is, most of the atoms in our environment are electrically neutral. The number of electrons in the outer parts of atoms equals the number of protons at the centers of atoms. As one or more electrons are plucked away from the atoms, the remaining electrons feel a much stronger positive pull from the nucleus.

21 Jul 2014

Scientists Re-Create Conditions Deep Inside Giant Planets

Lawrence Livermore scientists for the first time have experimentally re-created the conditions that exist deep inside giant planets, such as Jupiter, Uranus and many of the planets recently discovered outside our solar system.

21 Jul 2014

New Finding Sheds Light on Microscopic Electron Motion in Molecules

Ultrafast X-ray laser research led by Kansas State University has provided scientists with a snapshot of a fundamental molecular phenomenon. The finding sheds new light on microscopic electron motion in molecules.

21 Jul 2014

OSIRIS Images Two-Part Shape of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

As the European Space Agency's spacecraft Rosetta is slowly approaching its destination, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the comet is again proving to be full of surprises.

21 Jul 2014

Researchers Observe Electrons Jumping Between Fragments of Exploding Molecules

Using ultra-short X-ray flashes, an international team of researchers watched electrons jumping between the fragments of exploding molecules.

18 Jul 2014

DOE and NSF Select Second-Generation Dark Matter Experiments

Texas A&M University is involved in two of the three dark matter experiments -- including both of the ones searching for weakly interacting dark matter particles -- selected for future funding by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.

18 Jul 2014

Scientists Directly Measure Movement of Electrons as They Leap

Many chemical reactions – such as those at work in batteries and photosynthesis – rely on electrons moving from one atom or molecule to another.

18 Jul 2014

American Astronautical Society Honors Voyager Project Scientist with Lifetime Achievement Award

Ed Stone, project scientist of NASA's Voyager mission since 1972, and former director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, was honored with a lifetime achievement award on Wednesday from the American Astronautical Society.

18 Jul 2014