New Tabletop Detector “Sees” Single Electrons
MIT physicists have developed a new tabletop particle detector that is able to identify single electrons in a radioactive gas.
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MIT physicists have developed a new tabletop particle detector that is able to identify single electrons in a radioactive gas.
Read more about New Tabletop Detector “Sees” Single ElectronsA team of Michigan State University researchers has discovered a switch that regulates plant photosynthesis – the process that lets plants store solar energy and use it to grow and produce food.
Read more about Discovery of New Plant Switch Could Boost Crops and Biofuel ProductionNew Energy Frontier Research Center led by Georgia Tech tackles materials that tackle pollutants.
Read more about Acid TestThe study, by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the City University of New York (CUNY), highlights the importance of considering societal changes when trying to determine future climate impacts.
Read more about Exposure of U.S. Population to Extreme Heat Could Quadruple by Mid-CenturyRice University scientists have theoretically determined that the properties of atom-thick sheets of boron depend on where those atoms land.
Read more about For 2-D Boron, It’s All About That BaseA new study from University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicists could inform the future production of 3-D movies starring light-driven molecular reactions that already play leading roles in photosynthesis, vision and many state-of-the-art technologies.
Read more about New Study Points Way to 'Filming' Molecule-Light InteractionsTwenty-five undergraduates from colleges across the country spent this summer at the laboratory as interns, working on projects ranging from figuring out how to remotely steer a set of mirrors that will be built into the upcoming ITER fusion machine to studying how nanoparticles grow inside plasmas.
Read more about Summer Interns Get Research Experience at PPPLNano-photonics expert and physics professor Shawn-Yu Lin has discovered a new type of thermal radiation—in between the two extremes of blackbody radiation and laser light—that could contribute to a cheaper, easier solution for converting sunlight to electricity.
Read more about Physics Professor Shawn-Yu Lin Breaks New Ground in Thermal Radiation Revolutionary Discovery Could Advance Solar Energy ConversionIn the first study of its kind, new research from the University of New Hampshire shows that crop rotations, in isolation from other management factors, can increase the functions performed by soil microbial communities that benefit plant growth.
Read more about Crop Rotation Boosts Soil Microbes, Benefits Plant GrowthRice University lab finds technique to characterize nanoscale spaces in porous materials.
Read more about Science Provides New Way to Peer Into PoresA team of physicists at New York University, Stanford University, and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have taken pictures of a theorized but previously undetected magnetic wave, the discovery of which offers the potential to be an energy-efficient means to transfer data in consumer electronics.
Read more about Physicists Catch a Magnetic Wave that Offers Promise for More Energy-Efficient ComputingMIT researchers find unintended consequences of an idea to stimulate ocean phytoplankton growth in order to geoengineer a cooler atmosphere.
Read more about Fertilize the Ocean, Cool the Planet?