Physicists take a major step toward making a nuclear clock

In a first, scientists ... the D.C. Science Writers’ Association Newsbrief award. We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and ... Read More

First-ever “freeze-frame” of electrons in water used the attosecond time scale

Carolyn Pearce, director of IDREAM EFRC and a chemist at PNNL, highlighted the integral role of collaboration in this achievement ... enables scientists to observe electrons being energized ... Read More

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Northwestern University scientists said Friday they had confirmed that the cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed in October 2022 was an exploding star, known as a supernova ... Read More

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3, 2024 — One of the most fundamental interactions in physics is that of electrons ... scientists have now managed to observe what is known as the Kapitza-Dirac effect for the first ... Read More

Scientists Spotted ‘Massless’ Electrons Moving in 4 Dimensions

Scientists in Japan have ... In superconducting materials, electrons travel unimpeded by any resistance at all. In Dirac materials, according to Science Alert, “[T]he overlap of atoms puts ... Read More

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The theories offered by the dominant literature in political science today to try to explain ... Management of soil carbon is key in ... While scientists have observed oceans heating up for ... Read More

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With every new particle accelerator built for research, scientists have an opportunity to push the limits of discovery. But this is only true if new particle accelerators deliver the desired ... Read More

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Apr. 16, 2024 — Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to make hydrogen from water, a discovery that could make ... Read More

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S. These three slinky predators are ... Read More