• I will highlight applications ranging from particle physics to cosmic ray physics, where it enables the computation of the radio signature of cosmic ray induced showers. (cern.ch)
  • This joint publication of SLAC and Fermilab is your view into the world of particle physics. (stanford.edu)
  • We had good reason to believe that we would be able to see at least one of these two predicted particles," says Steven Blusk, an LHCb researcher and associate professor of physics at Syracuse University. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • Scientists spotted a particle of intense energy, but explaining where it came from might require some new physics. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • Feb. 1, 2021 Theoretical physicists are working on a theory that goes beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Emphasizes the applications of theory, and contains new material on particle physics, electron-positron annihilation in solids and the Mossbauer effect. (wiley-vch.de)
  • Sergei Gninenko, spokesperson for the NA64 collaboration at CERN, which has not found signs of X17 in its direct search, says: "The Atomki anomalies could be due to an experimental effect, a nuclear physics effect or something completely new such as a new particle. (scitechdaily.com)
  • PETRA was successfully used for particle physics from 1978 to 1986, and since then, as PETRA II, it has been part of the injector chain for DESY's HERA collider. (cerncourier.com)
  • Elementary Particle Physics: Gauss Centre for Supercomputing e.V. (gauss-centre.eu)
  • With the help of world-class supercomputing resources from the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), a team of researchers led by Prof. Zoltan Fodor at the University of Wuppertal has continued to advance the state-of-the-art in elementary particle physics. (gauss-centre.eu)
  • Particle accelerators are among the world's most effective methods for experiments in materials science and physics. (gauss-centre.eu)
  • We're now going to spend a section discovering the world of particle physics. (infoplease.com)
  • It's where particle physics began. (infoplease.com)
  • But for our purposes, it's good to start at the beginning so that we can trace the chain of events and ideas that developed into the science of particle physics. (infoplease.com)
  • Mar. 22, 2023 Physicists have detected neutrinos created by a particle collider. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Nov. 23, 2023 In 1991, an experiment detected the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed. (sciencedaily.com)
  • July 13, 2023 Scientists have applied a promising new method to search for dark matter particles in a particle accelerator. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The physicists involved in this work have been studying the possibility of using particle accelerators for biological studies since the mid-1990s. (nanowerk.com)
  • In order to highlight AI opportunities in these facilities, Argonne is hosting a workshop on AI for with participants drawn from 3 communities: particle accelerators, X-ray beamlines and electron microscopy. (fnal.gov)
  • Get an overview of research at SLAC: X-ray and ultrafast science, particle and astrophysics, cosmology, particle accelerators, biology, energy and technology. (stanford.edu)
  • Linear accelerators and cyclotrons will split particles into smaller and smaller pieces, with the hope of some day finding the tiniest form of matter. (infoplease.com)
  • The signature of 14 C variation is very similar to the confirmed three SEP events and points to an extreme short-term flux of cosmic ray radiation into the atmosphere. (lu.se)
  • There are still many unanswered questions about cosmic-ray origins and acceleration. (lanl.gov)
  • High energy gamma rays are produced near cosmic-ray sites and can be used to probe cosmic-ray acceleration. (lanl.gov)
  • As a result, some particles in cosmic ray showers travel faster than light in the water inside the HAWC detector tanks. (lanl.gov)
  • The lower detection limit for a PIXE beam is given by the ability of the X-rays to pass through the window between the chamber and the X-ray detector. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Ramo-Shockley theorem defines an efficient and physically very intuitive method for the computation of the electrical signal induced by moving charged particles on the readout electrodes of a particle detector. (cern.ch)
  • Using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with an x-ray detector, atoms within a sample are excited by an electron beam. (particletechlabs.com)
  • 4 keV FWHM energy resolution for X-rays as well as tracking capability for charged particles, while operating in conditions (~-40C and ~1 Pa) achievable on a long-duration balloon mission with a large detector payload. (unibg.it)
  • Today the LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider announced the discovery of two new particles, each consisting of three quarks. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • 29, 2022 Researchers have implemented a ground-breaking algorithm for reconstructing particles at the Large Hadron Collider. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A subatomic particle is a particle smaller than an atom: it may be elementary or composite. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The above text is excerpted from the Wikipedia article " Subatomic particle ", which has been released under the GNU Free Documentation License . (sciencedaily.com)
  • For decades, researchers have turned to the twin power of state-of-the-art particle accelerator facilities and world-class supercomputing facilities to better understand the mysterious world of subatomic particles. (gauss-centre.eu)
  • Ionizing radiation can also be in the form of particulate radiation, which includes subatomic l charged or neutral particles traveling near the speed of light and therefore with high very high kinetic energy. (medscape.com)
  • The annual 14 C data in tree rings is an outstanding proxy for uncovering extreme solar energetic particle (SEP) events in the past. (lu.se)
  • next to the gamma-ray telescopes that make up the VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) observatory. (wisc.edu)
  • When these gamma rays strike molecules in the atmosphere they produce showers of energetic particles. (lanl.gov)
  • What is the role of energetic particles from thunderstorms in geospace? (uib.no)
  • Today BCSS participates in a range of international networks, and works with the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, investigating the effect of energetic particles from space on the Earth climate. (uib.no)
  • Radiation is energy transmitted in the form of electromagnetic waves or energetic particles. (medscape.com)
  • The cumulative spectrum of the emission energies for an element is unique to that element so it can be used to identify unknown particles in a sample or determine sample composition. (particletechlabs.com)
  • The newly cataloged astrophysical gamma-ray sources have energies about 10 times higher than can be produced using experimental particle colliders on Earth. (lanl.gov)
  • Compared with a number of other synchrotron radiation storage rings, an upgraded PETRA storage ring with damping wigglers offers the best basis for a low-emittance, high-brilliance synchrotron radiation source at higher particle energies. (cerncourier.com)
  • Only the "Ultimate Storage Ring" study carried out by the ESRF machine group, which describes an ideal storage ring-based light source and energy recovery linac-driven sources at high particle energies will be able to provide smaller emittances. (cerncourier.com)
  • The analysis is based upon correlations between the energies of particles as well as angular correlations. (lu.se)
  • Using the JUWELS supercomputer at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, researchers are simulating the so-called Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism, or how elementary particles acquire mass. (gauss-centre.eu)
  • A research team led by Prof. Frithjof Karsch at Bielefeld University has been using the JUWELS supercomputer at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) as part of the international HOTQCD collaboration to better understand the conditions under which particles made of protons, neutrons, and pions go through phase transitions, and how those changes impact the system's behavior and give rise to new forms of matter, such as quark-gluon plasma. (gauss-centre.eu)
  • Instruments from the Birkeland Centre for Space Science at UiB will soon be launched to the International Space Station (ISS), to measure gamma-ray flashes on Earth. (uib.no)
  • 8, 2022 Early in its history, shortly after the Big Bang, the universe was filled with equal amounts of matter and 'antimatter' -- particles that are matter counterparts but with opposite charge. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The researchers have in fact converted the Stanford particle accelerator (SLAC) into a gigantic radiology instrument for "unique" particles: entire cells, viruses or even macromolecules. (nanowerk.com)
  • They have succeeded in adding a 800-meter long magnet structure to the Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) so that the acceleration of electrons could lead to the emission of a colossal quantity of photons at the same frequency in hard X-ray wavelengths. (nanowerk.com)
  • Researchers assumed that tiny objects would instantly blow up when hit by extremely intense light from the world's most powerful X-ray laser at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. (stanford.edu)
  • SLAC Fires up the World's Most Powerful X-ray. (labmate-online.com)
  • Solar flares are typically catalogued in terms of their soft X-ray energy flux as measured by the Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellites (GOES). (frontiersin.org)
  • Here BCSS builds parts for a telescope designed to measure solar particles entering the Earth hemisphere, north and south. (uib.no)
  • Similar to the protons that the LHC accelerates and collides, these two new particles are baryons and made from three quarks bound together by the strong force. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • But unlike protons-which are made of two up quarks and one down quark-the new Xi_b particles both contain one beauty quark, one strange quark and one down quark. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • Alpha particles are charged particles made up of 2 protons and 2 neutrons-essentially the nucleus of a helium atom. (medscape.com)
  • The model proposed that hydrocarbons adsorb on the metal particles and are catalytically decomposed. (springer.com)
  • where single biological particles have to be preserved at liquid nitrogen temperatures to determine their structure. (iucr.org)
  • At the same time it was realized that the target of high-resolution (potentially atomic resolution) structure determination of biological particles at XFELs is more challenging to achieve than initially anticipated. (iucr.org)
  • The team is now seeking to improve the resolution of the images in order to achieve detailed visualization of both the inside and outside of these biological particles. (nanowerk.com)
  • The advantage of microPIXE is that given a protein of known sequence, the X-ray emission from sulfur can be used as an internal standard to calculate the number of metal atoms per protein monomer. (wikipedia.org)
  • Multielectron Atoms--Ground States and X-Ray Excitations. (wiley-vch.de)
  • When a material is exposed to an ion beam, atomic interactions occur that give off EM radiation of wavelengths in the x-ray part of the electromagnetic spectrum specific to an element. (wikipedia.org)
  • Due to its significant generality, this new theorem applies to all devices that detect fields or radiation from charged particles. (cern.ch)
  • The faster-than-light particles, in turn, produce characteristic flashes of light called Cherenkov radiation. (lanl.gov)
  • At present, more than 2000 physicists, chemists, biologists, geologists, and researchers working in the fields of materials science or life sciences, use the facilities at DESY's Hamburg Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, HASYLAB, for experiments with soft and hard X-ray radiation in basic and applied research. (cerncourier.com)
  • As a second-generation synchrotron radiation source, however, DESY's current "workhorse", DORIS III, is not comparable in terms of brilliance with modern third-generation hard X-ray sources such as the ESRF in Grenoble, APS in Argonne or Spring-8 in Japan. (cerncourier.com)
  • Before scientists knew about particles, most believed that electromagnetic radiation was some type of rays-such as x-rays, cathode rays, etc. (infoplease.com)
  • Observations in the hard X-ray (HXR) range are a primary tool for studying particle acceleration. (frontiersin.org)
  • Three types of spectra can be collected from a PIXE experiment: X-ray emission spectrum. (wikipedia.org)
  • The analysis of a single-particle imaging (SPI) experiment performed at the AMO beamline at LCLS as part of the SPI initiative is presented here. (iucr.org)
  • Researchers on the ALICE experiment are uncovering the properties of elusive hyperon particles hypothesized to be found inside neutron stars. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • In situ X-ray absorption fine structure measurements are used to determine the structure and stability of the core-shell catalysts under OER conditions. (osti.gov)
  • Here, we propose a new experimental technique using dynamic X-ray radiography to make such measurements possible. (edu.au)
  • The technique is based on Fourier transformation to extract spatiotemporal fields of internal particle size and shape orientation distributions during flow, in addition to complementary measurements of velocity fields through image correlation. (edu.au)
  • By combining their data with measurements from other types of observatories such as neutrino, x-ray, radio and optical telescopes, they hope to disentangle the astrophysical mechanisms that produce the cosmic rays that continuously rain down on our planet. (lanl.gov)
  • Findings: According to our Zeta potential measurements, the particles indeed carry a weak negative charge, presumably due to ion specific adsorption. (lu.se)
  • By recording the Cherenkov flashes in the HAWC water tanks, researchers can reconstruct the sources of the particle showers to learn about the particles that caused them in the first place. (lanl.gov)
  • The measuring instrument is the first of its kind, and will, at least for two years, be in orbit around Earth to measure terrestrial gamma-ray flashes in lightning. (uib.no)
  • water content (KF), residue on ignition, related substances (HPLC), assay (HPLC), residual solvents (GC) and particle size distribution. (who.int)
  • Further analysis of the maps in each class by a manifold learning algorithm revealed that the internal structures of Cu 2 O particles varied in correlation with total electron density while retaining the characteristics within each class. (elsevierpure.com)
  • The algorithm applied to three samples ( potassium alum , chromium alum , and copper sulfate ) reduced oversegmentation by 87% compared to watershed based on ultimate erosion while keeping the convexity of the recognized particle. (bvsalud.org)
  • Crystallite size is performed by measuring the broadening of a particular X-ray diffraction (XRD) peak in a diffraction pattern associated with a particular planar reflection from within the crystal unit cell. (rigaku.com)
  • This is due to the periodicity of the individual crystallite domains, in phase, reinforcing the diffraction of the X-ray beam, resulting in a tall narrow peak. (rigaku.com)
  • Herein, we investigated the internal structures of numerous individual Cu 2 O particles with submicrometer dimensions by X-ray diffraction imaging (XDI) using X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) pulses. (elsevierpure.com)
  • The manufacturer consistently produces polymorphic form I, which is characterized by X-ray powder diffraction. (who.int)
  • Polymorphic form I, characterised by X-ray powder diffraction, is consistently produced. (who.int)
  • Particle-induced X-ray emission or proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) is a technique used for determining the elemental composition of a material or a sample. (wikipedia.org)
  • A related technique, particle-induced gamma-ray emission (PIGE) can be used to detect some light elements. (wikipedia.org)
  • The number of sources detected may indicate that ultra-high-energy emission is a generic feature of powerful particle winds coming from pulsars embedded in interstellar gas clouds known as nebulae, and that more detections will be forthcoming. (lanl.gov)
  • When the particle size reaches the nanoscale, new properties are appeared like the blue shift of emission intensity [ 9 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • To create a microanalysis instrument that has low detection limits and can spatially resolve elemental distributions, we have utilized the benefits of X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) with a capillary focusing optic of the many methods used for x-ray focusing, capillary optics best suit a micro-XRF instrument: the devices are compact, easy to implement, focus a divergent beam, and conserve the beam brilliance. (nist.gov)
  • 3D Correlative Cryo-Structured Illumination Fluorescence and Soft X-ray Microscopy Elucidates Reovirus Intracellular Release Pathway. (ox.ac.uk)
  • But to their astonishment, these nanoparticles initially shrank instead - a finding that provides a glimpse of the unusual world of superheated nanomaterials that could eventually also help scientists further develop X-ray techniques for taking atomic images of individual molecules. (stanford.edu)
  • Scientists in the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium have detected gamma rays from the Crab Nebula using the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT), proving the viability of the novel telescope design for use in gamma-ray astrophysics. (wisc.edu)
  • In 2015, a team of scientists spotted an unexpected glitch, or "anomaly," in a nuclear transition that could be explained by the production of an unknown particle. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Experimental setup at LCLS used to determine that nanometer-sized particles first shrink before exploding after being hit with very intense X-rays. (stanford.edu)
  • To test the hypothesis that they are caused by a new particle, both a detailed theoretical analysis of the compatibility between the beryllium-8 and the helium-4 results as well as independent experimental confirmation is crucial. (scitechdaily.com)
  • In addition, it also supplies intense X-ray light from one undulator to three experimental test stations. (cerncourier.com)
  • Located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Amado, AZ, the pSCT detected gamma-ray showers from the Crab Nebula in early 2020, proving the potential of the telescope design for gamma-ray astrophysics. (wisc.edu)
  • The Crab Nebula is the brightest steady source of TeV, or very high-energy, gamma rays in the sky, so detecting it is an excellent way of proving the pSCT technology," says Vandenbroucke, who is also affiliated with the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) at UW-Madison. (wisc.edu)
  • The researchers in Marseille therefore supplied the object of the study, the Mimivirus (2) particle, and were responsible for the preparation and the optimization of the samples needed for the experiments. (nanowerk.com)
  • Researchers could thus explore, for the first time, the existence of structural polymorphism of viral particles. (nanowerk.com)
  • To do so in a quantitative manner, researchers need to understand precisely how each molecule responds to the intense X-ray light. (stanford.edu)
  • The researchers exposed tiny xenon clusters (injected from top left) to two consecutive X-ray pulses (green and red wavelets coming in from bottom left). (stanford.edu)
  • LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Jan. 14, 2020-Nine sources of extremely high-energy gamma rays comprise a new catalog compiled by researchers with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory. (lanl.gov)
  • With the LCLS laser, each particle can be studied individually, whatever its size or properties. (nanowerk.com)
  • The LCLS laser will make it possible to study both the surface and the inside of particles, since X-rays can pass through the samples. (nanowerk.com)
  • The experiments took place at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray laser, a DOE Office of Science User Facility. (stanford.edu)
  • So far, all models have assumed that a very small system would immediately explode when we pump a lot of energy into it with the X-ray laser," says former LCLS researcher Christoph Bostedt, who is now at Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University. (stanford.edu)
  • These conditions include a very low ionic strength (the particles are weakly charged), a relatively high temperature, and a low particle concentration. (lu.se)
  • Furthermore, by ensuring that the ionic strength is very low, with a Debye length similar to the particle size, we could use temperature to control the hydrophobicity of the grafted PEG layer, and thus the strength of the short-ranged attraction. (lu.se)
  • Because the b quarks are so heavy, these particles are more than six times as massive as the proton. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • Even though these two new particles contain the same combination of quarks, they have a different configuration of spin-which is a quantum mechanical property that describes a particle's angular momentum. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • QCD is a powerful framework that describes the interactions of quarks, but it is difficult to compute properties of particles with high precision," Blusk says. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • It is specially designed to search for new forces of nature by studying the decays of particles containing beauty and charm quarks. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • If X17 did exist, the interactions between the electrons and nuclei in the target would sometimes produce this particle, which would then transform into an electron-positron pair. (scitechdaily.com)
  • These photons thus make up the most powerful X-ray laser beam in the world. (nanowerk.com)
  • Each biological particle injected into the beam of photons, at a speed of 300 km/h, is transformed into plasma at a temperature of 100,000 degrees Kelvin. (nanowerk.com)
  • In this work we revisit five different point sources within or behind galaxy clusters in order to constrain the coupling constant between axion-like particles (ALPs) and photons. (worktribe.com)
  • A few days later, the pSCT recorded its first light, including its first detection of particle showers . (wisc.edu)
  • Physical and chemical properties of nanoparticles and nanocrystalline materials are strongly influenced by their particle size, shape and structural strain, including rheology, surface area, cation exchange capacity, solubility, reflectivity, etc. (rigaku.com)
  • Rigaku NANOPIX mini is the world's first benchtop small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) system that is engineered to deliver automatic nanoparticle size distribution analysis for both quality control (QC) and research and development (R&D) applications. (rigaku.com)
  • Nanoparticle size, size distribution, and particle shape are the key pieces of information obtained from SAXS. (rigaku.com)
  • Sample amount is not an easy question to answer, since it depends on the particle size and general nature of the material. (particletechlabs.com)
  • Target size will be dependent on the ability to resolve the particles. (particletechlabs.com)
  • Image analysis is a powerful analytical technique which can provide additional information on a sample compared to standard particle size and distribution. (particletechlabs.com)
  • When granular materials flow, the constituent particles segregate by size and align by shape. (edu.au)
  • In today?s world of high precision, automated particle size analysis, it is still quite surprising that the quality of the data is often evaluated by the quality of the presentation. (labmate-online.com)
  • One of the first fully automated particle size analyser was the Coulter Counter, which rose to prominence in the 1950?s, hitherto, results from techniques such as microscopy, sieving and sedimentation all had to be plotted by hand. (labmate-online.com)
  • It was found that the shape and size of phosphor particles play important role for the phosphorescence properties. (hindawi.com)
  • The shape and size of the phosphor particles may depend on the crystal type and particle size of the starting materials as well as the method of preparation. (hindawi.com)
  • An important criterion is that the particle size is large enough to admit structural analyses via confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). (lu.se)
  • Hypothesis: Colloidal particles that interact via a long-ranged repulsive barrier in combination with a very short-ranged attractive minimum can "polymerize" to form highly anisotropic structures. (lu.se)
  • REAC/TS) does not become radioactive following a chest x-ray. (cdc.gov)
  • This might remove up to 90% of radioactive particles. (cdc.gov)
  • Medical Radiobiology Team radioactive particles are inhaled, ingested, or lodged in separated by a buffer zone. (cdc.gov)
  • Such energy release efficiently accelerates particles, heats ambient plasma and generates magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves (e.g. (frontiersin.org)
  • Receive information about particle characterization testing and periodic announcements from Particle Technology Labs. (particletechlabs.com)
  • Grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) is an important technique in the characterization of samples at the nanometre scale. (lbl.gov)
  • X-Ray Tomography Crystal Characterization: Automatic 3D Segmentation. (bvsalud.org)
  • The SSC particles were poorly cleared, with 81% remaining at the end of the observation period. (cdc.gov)
  • Q- Which particle is used as a bombarding particle to bomber the target nucleus in the process of nuclear fission? (conceptera.in)
  • Once the catheter is in place, the doctor places small plastic particles, glue, metal coils, foam, or a balloon through it to seal off the faulty blood vessel. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Positively charged particles. (conceptera.in)
  • The important result that Thompson obtained was that the cathode rays were particles and that they were attracted toward a positively charged plate. (infoplease.com)
  • The existence of a negatively charged particle that could be taken from the atom implied that there must also be a positively charged segment left behind, and this in turn implied that the atom must have structure. (infoplease.com)
  • A workflow for the three-dimensional virus reconstruction of the PR772 bacteriophage from measured single-particle data is developed. (iucr.org)
  • A detailed description of all steps leading to a final reconstruction of the particle structure is presented in this work. (iucr.org)
  • The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory consists of an array of water-filled tanks sitting high on the slopes of the Sierra Negra volcano in Puebla, Mexico, where the atmosphere is thin and offers better conditions for observing gamma rays. (lanl.gov)
  • These include, but are not limited to, satelite-projects, radars, the dynamics when particles enters the atmosphere, and research from the Kjell Henriksen Observatory on Svalbard. (uib.no)
  • In addition to the masses of these particles, the research team studied their relative production rates, their widths-which is a measurement of how unstable they are-and other details of their decays. (symmetrymagazine.org)
  • Since particles have mass, they are less penetrating than electromagnetic waves and deposit their energy readily. (medscape.com)
  • Nanowerk News ) An international interdisciplinary consortium of more than 20 laboratories (1) , including the CNRS laboratory Information Génomique et Structurale, has achieved an extraordinary feat: producing an ultra powerful X-ray laser beam to visualize a single viral particle in a single flash lasting several femtoseconds (10 -15 seconds). (nanowerk.com)
  • If the crystals are defect free and periodically arranged, the X-ray beam is diffracted to the same angle even through multiple layers of the specimen. (rigaku.com)
  • The aim is to understand how the lipid environment influences the activity of membrane proteins, using the active transporter MgtA as benchmark system, and to investigate the dynamic fluctuations between lipid and protein in solution, utilising neutron and X-ray scattering in combination with computer simulations. (lu.se)
  • was applied to determine the full three-dimensional intensity distribution originating from the virus particle. (iucr.org)
  • If the phosphor particles are regular and flat plate-like, they are expected to give a better light absorption and form a dense compact by their orientation, resulting in higher phosphorescence intensity. (hindawi.com)
  • Several group VIII transition metal (Fe, Co, and Ni) nitrides are studied as core materials, with Ir/Fe 4 N core-shell particles showing enhancement in both OER activity and stability. (osti.gov)
  • This work, published on 3 February 2011 in the journal Nature ( 'Single mimivirus particles intercepted and imaged with an X-ray laser' ), heralds a new era for structural biology by opening the way to the use of X-rays in the study of the three-dimensional structure of biological objects that are asymmetrical, non-crystallizable and even in movement. (nanowerk.com)
  • This work confirms the feasibility of using a particle accelerator as a structural biology tool to obtain, in a single laser "flash", a photograph of unique particles (viruses, bacteria, proteins, cells, etc.) and represents a "historical" step forward in the structural biology field. (nanowerk.com)
  • In the case of noble metal catalyst particles, at temperatures where the VLS model is expected to be valid, they exhibit very low carbon solubility and negligible carbide formation. (springer.com)
  • Contact PTL to discuss if your sample and project is appropriate for Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy analysis, and how this analytical technique can provide valuable information to your project. (particletechlabs.com)
  • Rapid cryo-preservation of biological specimens is the current gold standard in sample preparation for ultrastructural analysis in X-ray imaging. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Enhanced-darkfield and histopathologic analysis was performed to assess particle distribution and inflammatory responses. (cdc.gov)
  • The findings caught worldwide attention and prompted, among other studies, a direct search for the particle by the NA64 collaboration at CERN. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Since 2010 we studied graphene (Gr) extensively mainly with high resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HRXPS) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). (lu.se)
  • High-energy particles can also cause ionization. (medscape.com)
  • Experiments: In this work, we specifically synthesize poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) chains, grafted onto poly(styrene) (PS) particles in aqueous solution, and adjust the conditions so that strongly anisotropic and isolated polymer-like clusters are formed. (lu.se)
  • About a year later, theorists suggested that the new particle could be evidence of a new fundamental force of nature, in addition to electromagnetism, gravity and the strong and weak forces. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Fresh evidence of an unknown particle that could carry a fifth force of nature gives the NA64 collaboration at CERN a new incentive to continue searches. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Our capillary micro-XRF instrument has successfully analyzed spherical particles down to 10 υm in diameter. (nist.gov)
  • Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS or EDX) is an analytical technique used to identify and characterize the elemental composition of sample material. (particletechlabs.com)
  • PTL uses the JEOL Neoscope II for our Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS/EDX) analyses. (particletechlabs.com)
  • Later dubbed the Oh-My-God particle, the cosmic ray's energy shocked astrophysicists. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A map of the galactic plane indicates the highest energy gamma ray sources yet discovered. (lanl.gov)
  • For an affiliated video about the research, see Newly Discovered Gamma Ray Sources Have the Highest Energy Ever Recorded . (lanl.gov)
  • While higher-energy astrophysical particles have been previously detected, this is the first time specific galactic sources have been pinpointed. (lanl.gov)
  • Because of their relatively large mass and positive charge, alpha particles are highly effective in transferring energy to tissue but are also easily blocked by a piece of paper or clothing. (medscape.com)