Posts Tagged ‘subatomic’
How carbon-14 lives long and prospers
IOWA STATE (US) — Thirty million process hours on the Jaguar supercomputer was enough to explain carbon-14′s long, slow decay and how it is able to accurately date relics as far back as 60,000 years. Continue…
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 15:51 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Mar 5, 2010 12:31 - 1 Comment
Dark matter ‘bump’ detected deep underground
MINNESOTA (US)—Physicists have recorded two interactions of subatomic particles whose signals look like those expected from the dark matter that gives shape to galaxies and forms the bulk of the Universe. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 2, 2009 12:55 - 0 Comments
Map helps quantum dots go ‘designer’
U. MICHIGAN (US)—The creation of the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots may speed progress toward the goal of producing “designer dots” that can be tailored for specific applications. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 6, 2009 18:39 - 2 Comments
Fine print so small it’s subatomic
STANFORD (US)—How tiny is the world’s smallest writing? The letters in the words written by Standford University researchers are assembled from subatomic-sized bits as small as 0.3 nanometers—or roughly one third of a billionth of a meter.
