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Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
 Physical Review LettersExtra large carbon The nucleus of one form of carbon is much larger and more stable than expected. Contact: James Riordon
Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Nature PhysicsNew neutron studies support magnetism's role in superconductors Neutron scattering experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory give strong evidence that, if superconductivity is related to a material's magnetic properties, the same mechanisms are behind both copper-based high-temperature superconductors and the newly discovered iron-based superconductors. Contact: Bill Cabage
Public Release: 21-Jan-2010
ScienceWatching crystals grow provides clues to making smoother, defect-free thin films To make thin films for semiconductors in electronic devices, layers of atoms must be grown in neat, crystalline sheets. But while some materials grow smooth crystals, others tend to develop bumps and defects -- a serious problem for thin-film manufacturing. Cornell physicists shed new light on how atoms arrange themselves into thin films. 
National Science Foundation, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Cornell University
Contact: Blaine Friedlander
Public Release: 19-Jan-2010
Physical Review BTurning down the noise in quantum data storage Tripling the steps in a read cycle can significantly improve signal to noise ratios in quantum data storage. Contact: James Riordon
Public Release: 19-Jan-2010
Science ExpressData at the end of the tunnel Researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the French research facility CNRS, south of Paris, are using electric fields to manipulate the property of electrons known as "spin" to store data permanently. This principle could not only improve random access memory in computers, it could also revolutionize the next generation of electronic devices. Contact: Dr. Sergio Valencia Molina
Public Release: 19-Jan-2010
Journal of Medical MicrobiologyPainless plasma jets could replace dentist's drill Plasma jets capable of obliterating tooth decay-causing bacteria could be an effective and less painful alternative to the dentist's drill, according to a new study published in the February issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology. Contact: Laura Udakis
Public Release: 18-Jan-2010
Nature NanotechnologyEuropean collaboration makes breakthrough in developing super-material graphene A collaborative research project has brought the world a step closer to producing a new material on which future nanotechnology could be based. Researchers across Europe, including the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL), have demonstrated how an incredible material, graphene, could hold the key to the future of high-speed electronics, such as micro-chips and touchscreen technology. Contact: David Lewis
Public Release: 10-Jan-2010
Nature ChemistryQuantum computer calculates exact energy of molecular hydrogen In an important first for a promising new technology, scientists have used a quantum computer to calculate the precise energy of molecular hydrogen. This groundbreaking approach to molecular simulations could have profound implications not just for quantum chemistry, but also for a range of fields from cryptography to materials science.
US Army Research Office, Australian Research Council
Contact: Steve Bradt
Public Release: 8-Jan-2010
Fermilab's NOvA CollaborationNeutrino data to flow in 2010; NOvA scientists tune design Physicists may see data by late summer from a prototype for a $278 million NOvA neutrino experiment that can yield clues to the universe's mysteries. Construction is underway on a 220-ton "integration prototype" detector and a larger 14,000-ton detector, a project of Fermilab and University of Minnesota. About 40 scientists will fine-tune design Jan. 8-10 at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, their first meeting since the US Department of Energy's October approval of "full construction start."
US Department of Energy
Contact: Kim Cobb
Public Release: 7-Jan-2010
ScienceGolden ratio discovered in a quantum world Researchers from the German Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, in cooperation with colleagues from Oxford and Bristol Universities, as well as the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, have for the first time observed a nanoscale symmetry hidden in solid state matter. They have measured the signatures of a symmetry showing the same attributes as the golden ratio famous from art and architecture. The research team is publishing these findings in Science Jan. 8. Contact: Prof. Alan Tennant
Public Release: 6-Jan-2010
NatureQuantum simulation of a relativistic particle Researchers of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Informationin Innsbruck, Austria, used a calcium ion to simulate a relativistic quantum particle, demonstrating a phenomenon that has not been directly observable so far: the Zitterbewegung. They have published their findings in the current issue of the journal Nature.
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Science Funds, European Commission
Contact: Christian Roos
Public Release: 21-Dec-2009
MetrologicaFrom now on, 4 PTB primary atomic clocks will contribute to UTC The new caesium fountain clock CSF2 is admitted into the exclusive international club of primary clocks. Contact: Stefan Weyers
Public Release: 15-Dec-2009
European Physical Journal CLHC produces first physics results The first paper on proton collisions in the CERN Large Hadron Collider -- designed to provide the highest energy ever explored with particle accelerators -- is published online this week in Springer's European Physical Journal C. In November 2009, during the early commissioning of the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) LHC two counter-rotating proton bunches were circulated concurrently for the first time in the machine. Contact: Joan Robinson
Public Release: 14-Dec-2009
Physical Review LettersUniversity of Toronto physicists lay the groundwork for cooler, faster computing University of Toronto quantum optics researchers Sajeev John and Xun Ma have discovered new behaviors of light within photonic crystals that could lead to faster optical information processing and compact computers that don't overheat.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Ontario Premier's Platinum Research Fund
Contact: Sean Bettam
Public Release: 14-Dec-2009
Theorists propose a new way to shine -- and a new kind of star Physicists propose there may be a new stage for some dying stars. Dubbed electroweak stars, they are fueled by the conversion of quarks to leptons, which prevents or staves off collapse into a black hole. Contact: Kevin Mayhood
Public Release: 11-Dec-2009
ScienceRice physicists find reappearing quantum trios Using atoms at temperatures colder than deep space, Rice University physicists have delivered overwhelming proof for a 1970 theory that was largely scoffed at when it first appeared. In a paper available online in Science, Rice's team offers experimental proof of a universal quantum mechanism that causes trios of particles to appear and reappear at higher energy levels in an infinite progression. The triplets, or trimers, form in special cases where pairs cannot.
National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Keck Foundation, Welch Foundation
Contact: Jade Boyd
Public Release: 10-Dec-2009
New approach to emissions makes climate and air quality models more accurate, major study finds It's no secret that the emissions leaving a car tailpipe or factory smokestack affect climate and air quality. Even trees release chemicals that influence the atmosphere. But until now, scientists have struggled to know where these organic molecules go and what happens to them once they leave their source, leading to models for predicting climate and air quality that are incomplete or less than accurate.
National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, US Environmental Protection Agency
Contact: Jose-Luis Jimenez
Public Release: 9-Dec-2009
Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- December 2009 Titanium dioxide can be converted into a material that absorbs sunlight and greatly increase the efficiency of solar energy cells. Coated particle fuel fabricated at ORNL, in cooperation with INL, General Atomics, and the Babcock & Wilcox Company, has set a world record for advanced high temperature gas-cooled reactor fuel. Electronic devices of the future may benefit from a fundamental discovery that allows researchers to customize the electronic properties of complex materials. Contact: Ron Walli
Public Release: 7-Dec-2009
Physical Review LettersSuper cool atom thermometer Physicists have devised a thermometer that can potentially measure temperatures as low as tens of trillionths of a degree above absolute zero. Contact: James Riordon
Public Release: 7-Dec-2009
Physical Review DHunt for Higgs boson: Mass of top quark narrows search New high-energy particle research by a team working with data from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory heightens uncertainty about the exact nature of a key theoretical component of modern physics -- the massive fundamental particle, the Higgs boson. Particle collision data resulting in two leptons helped improve measurements of the mass of the heavy subatomic top quark, which bears on the Higgs, says physicist Robert Kehoe at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, who led the team.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Kim Cobb
Public Release: 7-Dec-2009
NatureCosmic rays hunted down Nearly 100 years after the discovery of cosmic rays, a new type of gamma ray telescope is finally allowing physicists to make images of sites of cosmic ray acceleration. Contact: Diana Lutz
Public Release: 2-Dec-2009
NatureJQI researchers create 'synthetic magnetic fields' for neutral atoms Achieving an important new capability in ultracold atomic gases, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, have created "synthetic" magnetic fields for ultracold gas atoms, in effect "tricking" neutral atoms into acting as if they are electrically charged particles subjected to a real magnetic field. Contact: Ben Stein
Public Release: 2-Dec-2009
NatureSynthetic magnetism achieved by optical methods Researchers have created "synthetic magnetism" using a technique that will enable unprecedented experiments into quantum effects and the behavior of condensed-matter systems. It overcomes a long-standing obstacle to the goal of using precision-controlled ultracold atom ensembles to model phenomena such as the quantum Hall effect.
US Office of Naval Research, US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Army Research Office, National Science Foundation
Contact: Dr. Ian Spielman
Public Release: 1-Dec-2009
Nano LettersNIST researchers put a new spin on atomic musical chairs Researchers from NIST and the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a new way to introduce magnetic impurities in a semiconductor crystal, a technique that will enable researchers to selectively implant atoms in a crystal one at a time to learn about its electrical and magnetic properties on the atomic scale.
Korea Research Foundation, US Office of Naval Research, NIST-CNST/UMD-NanoCenter Cooperative Agreement
Contact: Mark Esser
Public Release: 29-Nov-2009
Nature PhysicsSpinons -- confined like quarks The concept of confinement is one of the central ideas in modern physics. The most famous example is that of quarks which bind together to form protons and neutrons. Now Prof. Bella Lake from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin together with an international team of scientists report for the first time an experimental realization and a proof of confinement phenomenon observed in a condensed matter system.
US Department of Energy
Contact: Professor Bella Lake
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