For the First Time Ever, Scientists Have Witnessed the Birth of a Heavy Atom
Scientists just got to watch nearly the entirety of a kilonova explosion caused by a neutron star merger, thanks to a ...
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World’s only quantum-gas microscope imaging strontium’s individual atoms
Once the gas and optical lattice were prepared, researchers used the microscope to capture images of the strontium quantum gas, atom by atom. Although this marked the success of QUIONE’s ...
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A remarkable picture of a single glowing atom just won a photography prize - here are the most eye-catching images from the competition
As a way to recognize that fundamental fact, it seems appropriate that a stunning image depicting one single positively-charged strontium atom just won a prestigious photography award. The image ...
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The research group created an optical lattice with magic wavelength in the hollow core fiber, and captured each laser-cooled strontium atom into each segment of the lattice, in order not to broaden ...
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JILA redshift atom cloud (IMAGE)
JILA researchers measured time dilation, or how an atomic clock's ticking rate varied by elevation, within this tiny cloud of strontium atoms. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible ...
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For the First Time Ever, Scientists Have Witnessed the Birth of a Heavy Atom
The kilonova briefly mimicked the conditions immediately following the Big Bang, and allowed scientists to confirm the source of the heavy elements Strontium and Yttrium for the very first time.