Neutron researchers discover widely sought property in magnetic semiconductor (01 Dec 2008)
Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a key magnetic... multilayers Ga1-xMnxAs/GaAs:Be."; Physical Review Letters. National...
NIST 'stress tests' probe nanoscale strains in materials (28 Nov 2008)
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated their ability to measure relatively low levels of stress or strain... Letters 2008, 93, 193116. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST...
Emilio Bunel named new head of Argonne's Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division (28 Nov 2008) Bunel wanted to get back to his science roots after spending years in industry
Emilio Bunel has been named director of the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. "I decided... in support of medicinal chemistry and process development. Argonne National Laboratory...
NIST awards $24M in grants for new research facilities (27 Nov 2008)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced... of the Department of Commerce and its agencies, including NIST, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Telecommunications...
Los Alamos scientists see new mechanism for superconductivity (26 Nov 2008) Research explains unconventional superconductivity without phonons
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have posited an explanation for superconductivity that may open the door to the discovery of new, unconventional... at room temperature. Los Alamos National Laboratory United States of America...
Improved spectrometer based on nonlinear optics (14 Nov 2008) New tool allows for higher sensitivity at reduced complexity and cost
Scientists at Stanford University and Japan's National Institute of Informatics have created a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light from the infrared part of the spectrum to the visible part, where...