Catching a radical in motion with µSR spectroscopy

Using muon spin rotation spectroscopy, researchers from Japan and Canada have successfully captured the rapid conversion of ...
TechCrunch

SpaceX’s Starlink secures more spectrum and airlines as it passes 8 million customers

SpaceX is buying another $2.6 billion worth of wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar, an expansion of a $17 billion deal announced in September, as its satellite internet business Starlink ...
Scientific American

Why Drugs Like Ozempic Can Make People Drink Less Alcohol

Some people taking popular new diabetes and weight-loss drugs including Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and Mounjaro have reported reduced cravings for substances besides food. The medications seem to ...
SciELO

Absorption and emission in the non-poisson case: the theoretical challenge posed by renewal aging

This short paper aims at clarifying the physical meaning of a previous pubblication [G. Aquino, P. Grigolini, L. Palatella, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 050601 (2004)], using later, although very recent, ...
C&EN

Broadband Fourier-Transform Optical Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy and Imaging

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a powerful method for mapping chemical heterogeneity on ...
Frontiers

Hyperspectral x-ray imaging mapping capabilities for nuclear forensics

Nuclear forensics relies on the integration of complementary signatures to constrain the origins and history of materials. Outcomes benefit from the timeliness and precision of the disparate methods ...
AZOM

Understanding Excited State Dynamics with Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

Can you briefly explain what transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy is and why it is important? Transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy is a pump-and-probe technique used to study the absorption of ...
Interesting Engineering

Dual-comb lasers expose previously unknown atomic transitions in rare earth samarium

Scientists in Germany have uncovered previously unknown properties of the rare Earth element samarium by developing a powerful new technique to investigate the internal structure of atoms. For the ...
Wired

The History and Physics of the Atomic Bomb

On August 6, 1945, the sky above the Japanese city of Hiroshima opened. A blinding flash, then a deafening sonic boom. An entire city pulverized in seconds. Thus began the nuclear age. Today, 80 years ...
PBS

‘The Devil Reached Toward the Sky’ documents motivation and development of the atomic bomb

The U.S. altered the course of history 80 years ago when it dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. It was an audacious move that ultimately led to the end of World War II. The motivation and secrecy ...
CNN

World marks 80 years since US dropped atomic bomb on Japan as global powers still trade nuclear threats

The Hiroshima atomic bomb, with an explosive yield of 15 kilotons, would be considered a low-yield nuclear weapon by today’s standards. The largest nuclear weapon in the US arsenal has a yield of 1.2 ...