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Chemistry World
February 10, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Inching towards the island of stability An international team of researchers has for the first time directly measured the mass of an element heavier than uranium.   |
Chemistry World
August 10, 2012
Nina Notman |
Tweaked weighing scales help map the island of stability The mass of the heavy element lawrencium has been measured directly for the first time by German scientists. |
Science News
August 31, 2002 |
TimeLine: August 27, 1932 Russians dedicate world's largest power plant... New theory explains radioactive disintegration... New isotopes predicted with neutrons as "bricks" |
Chemistry World
October 24, 2007
James Mitchell Crow |
Drip Line Slips Away Researchers have squeezed 29 neutrons into an atom of aluminum, bringing into doubt current theories which predicted that it would be too unstable to exist. |
Chemistry World
July 22, 2008 |
Weighing Molecules with Nanotubes US scientists have made a nanoscale mass sensor which can weigh molecules with atomic precision. |
Science News
March 19, 2005 |
From the March 16, 1935, Issue Leningrad Institute Celebrates 50th Anniversary... Temperature and Humidity Recorded by Same Instrument... Scientists May be Searching Vainly for Negative Proton... |
Chemistry World
July 15, 2014
Philip Ball |
Molecular clocks may probe fundamental laws A new proposal for using molecules rather than atoms for ultra-precise measurement of frequencies could help to probe whether there are fundamental laws of physics beyond the ones we know already. |
Chemistry World
January 10, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
Quantum timepiece ticks the right boxes In a remarkable feat of quantum horology, scientists in the US have created a clock that derives its timing mechanism from nothing more complicated than the mass of an atom. The new clock could prove to be a new way to make highly accurate measurements of atomic mass. |
Chemistry World
October 17, 2006
Richard Van Noorden |
Heaviest Element Awaits Confirmation A team of Russian and American scientists has claimed the discovery of element 118, the newest and heaviest addition to the periodic table. |
Science News
September 2, 2006 |
Timeline: From the August 29, 1936, issue Modern science helps to combat forest fire menace... Milky Way still in infancy judging by mass radiated... New kind of atom destruction found in Pike's Peak tests... |
Scientific American
May 2009
George Musser |
Mapping the Universe with Helium A new way to squeeze information from the microwave background. |
Chemistry World
September 30, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
Element 114 confirmed US scientists have confirmed the discovery of element number 114, first made over a decade ago by a team in Russia. |
Fast Company
May 2008
Theunis Bates |
Primer: The Big-Bang Machine The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will power up later this summer and start smashing particles together to try to understand the beginnings of the universe. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2012
Rachel Courtland |
The Kilogram, Reinvented Two difficult experiments are poised to remake one of the world's most fundamental units |
Popular Mechanics
June 15, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
10 Geekiest Elements Ever Created in a Lab The periodic table doesn't end at 92 -- not even close. Last week the official tally reached 112 |
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It's Turtles All The Way Down The world's largest atom smasher threw together minuscule particles racing at unheard of speeds in conditions simulating those just after the Big Bang -- a success that kick-started a multi-billion-dollar experiment that could one day explain how the universe began. |
Science News
April 13, 2002 |
TimeLine: April 9, 1932 issue Spiders' eggs form pattern like mosaic of pebbles... Super-sensitivity of new research tool is confirmed... Light velocity is key to other numerical constants... European scientists study neutron, latest atomic part... |
Chemistry World
October 15, 2012
Melissae Fellet |
Synthesis by mass spectrometry Chemists have used mass spectrometry, commonly used to analyze molecules, to synthesize them on the microscale. |
Wired
January 18, 2008
Miyoko Ohtake |
Chemist Spins His Cyclotron to Create Impossibly Heavy Metals New research allows mutations of metal elements to include more atoms. |
Science News
October 19, 2002 |
TimeLine: October 15, 1932 The saber-tooth strikes... Dangers of dust in industry described at safety congress... Scientist directs huge magnet in attack to smash atom... |
Science News
January 5, 2008 |
Timeline: From the January 1, 1938, issue Industry's giants are industry's children... New "X" particle should have no fixed mass... Expedition to seek age of the Panama Isthmus... |
Science News
April 12, 2003 |
TimeLine: April 8, 1933 Mt. Washington colder than the Antarctic... Energy turned into mass for first time in history... Bacteria replace yeast to make ancient sacred drink |
Chemistry World
May 2010
Emma Davies |
One extreme to another It takes a mix of ingenuity and engineering expertise to develop mass spectrometers for use in extreme environments. |
Chemistry World
November 10, 2008
Hayley Birch |
Nanotube scales challenge mass spectrometers By precisely measuring tiny fluctuations in mass, carbon nanotubes will allow chemists to follow reactions of individual proteins atom by atom, predict Spanish researchers |
Science News
October 12, 2002 |
From the October 8, 1932, issue Autumn Brings Nobility Even to Cornfield Weeds... Cosmic Rays May be Emitted When Magnetic Poles Combine... Milk Pasteurized by Conducting Electricity... |
Wired
August 18, 2008
John Pavlus |
Ace Quantum Mechanics--the Reality TV Way! With the announcement of CERN's Large Hadron Collider, quantum physics is becoming a conversation topic at parties. Here is your guide to understanding the terms. |
Geotimes
June 2004
Sara Pratt |
Why the Wobble? A new study says that the shifting of masses of water and ice around the globe's surface primarily drives the seasonal wobbleon its axis. The finding could lead to new ways to monitor global change. |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
Mark Tibergien |
A Clear Sign You Haven't Achieved Critical Mass You know you've achieved critical mass when the departure of an employee or significant client doesn't send the business into a tailspin. |
Chemistry World
January 7, 2013
James Urquhart |
Kilogram ready to slim down for the new year UK scientists have developed a cleaning technique that could solve a long-standing puzzle in the field of metrology -- how to return the standard kilogram, against which all others are measured, to its original mass. |
Science News
March 8, 2003 |
TimeLine: March 4, 1933 Fish of different "feather" often flock together... Neutron shown as elementary particle, not combination... Known oil in ground equals petroleum already produced |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2011
Rex Moore |
Why Google+ Is Not a Minus for Facebook Facebook and Twitter have a powerful force behind them that's too hard to break. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2005 |
The Weight of the World The 7000-ton Atlas detector at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the centerpiece of the biggest particle physics experiment ever undertaken. |
Science News
March 9, 2002 |
TimeLine: March 5, 1932 Weird leather costumes protect electric workers... Neutron, atomic brick, may solve mystery of cosmic rays... Solid matter composed of numerous atoms in blocks... |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 4, 2005
Jonathan Byrnes |
The Age of Precision Markets A look at the shift from mass markets to precision markets as well as the factors driving a precision market. |
National Defense
December 2010
Grace V. Jean |
Advancing Hidden Nuclear Material Detection On any given day, ships and trucks deliver cargo containers filled with tons of imported goods. Homeland security officials have long warned that terrorists may use them to smuggle nuclear materials into the United States. |
Science News
June 2, 2007 |
Timeline: From the May 29, 1937, Issue Age of "Minnesota Girl" is Mystery to Scientists... Attempt to Split Neutron a Failure at Cavendish... Catalase, Mystery Stuff of Cells, is Crystallized... |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
China Gets No IPO Love The stateside market debut from China Mass Media, which delivers advertising services to China's biggest networks, did not go well. |
