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New Clues on Twin Neutron Stars and the Extreme Physics Inside Scientists have new insights into factors that determine how twin neutron stars—stars with the same mass but different sizes and compositions—can coexist.
Harnessing Entangled Spin Fluctuations for Advanced Spin Electronics The spin fluctuations of an insulating quantum magnet determine how electricity flows in a nearby metal film.
Thin Materials and Fat Electrons: A Recipe for New Quantum Phenomena The 2D material cerium silicon iodide contains the same heavy electrons responsible for heavy fermion physics, something so far seen only in 3D materials.
Unveiling the Link Between High Pressure and Superconductivity Researchers have learned how to retain superconductivity at ambient pressure in a new class of high temperature superconductors.

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Illustration of alpha fusion processes in stars and reactions used on Earth floating above an image of the Earth

Predictive Theory Revises Understanding of Alpha Processes During the Big Bang and in Massive Stars

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An interaction that governs triton decay (left) is also critical to proton-proton fusion (right). Extracting information from the well-measured triton decay provides a prediction for the rate of proton-proton fusion.

Understanding How the Sun Shines: From Triton Decay to Proton-Proton Fusion

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Steps in terbium-161 (Tb-161) production. The University of Utah TRIGA reactor induces thermal neutron capture on gadolinium-160 (Gd-160), which decays to Tb-161. Separating the Gd-160 target yields high-purity Tb-161 for cancer therapy and diagnosis.

To Advance Cancer Therapy, University Starts Producing Terbium-161

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Improvements to Americium-241 processing can increase yield, decrease the amount of waste generated, and reduce the radiological dose workers receive.

Improving Large-Scale Domestic Production of Americium-241, a Critical Component in Smoke Detectors and Nuclear Batteries

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Artists’ depiction of a new potential cancer treatment vehicle—an engineered nanometer-size construct that holds a radioactive isotope that can be delivered to destroy cancer cells.

Killing Cancer with Radioactive Nanocrystals

Scientists have developed tiny nanocrystal particles made up of isotopes of the elements lanthanum, vanadium, and oxygen for use in treating cancer.

In Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) collisions, interactions between a virtual photon (γ) emitted by an electron colliding with a proton in a nucleus can reveal the arrangement of quarks and gluons inside the nucleus.

Scientists Calculate Predictions for Electron-Ion Collider Measurements

Calculations of charge distribution in mesons provide a benchmark for experimental measurements and validate widely used 'factorization' method.

(1) Ferroelectrics: polarity switched by electric fields, (b) ferromagnetics: magnetism switched by magnetic fields, (3) ferroelastics: elasticity switched by applied stress, (4) ferrotoroidics (unconfirmed): magnetic domains switched by magnetic fields.

A New Twist in Data Storage? Magnetic Whirlpools in Energy Materials

Mapping a way to ferrotoroidicity: the long-sought fourth ferroic order with magnetic-electric properties that can enable new technologies.

The lattice arrangement in a magnetic iron-germanium metal frustrates the movement of electrons (blue and silver spheres). This gives rise to collective behavior such as charge density waves, which form at low temperatures in this material.

Uncovering and Controlling Electron Charge Waves in Quantum Materials

An unexpected electron behavior called charge density waves in an iron-germanium metal material presents a new paradigm in emergent quantum phenomena.

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Schematic of the astatine-ketone bond breaking to release free astatine-211.

One Step Closer to a New Class of Radiopharmaceuticals: Astatine as a Cancer Treatment

Individual ions are identified via molecular fluorescence in a high-pressure xenon gas detector. Panels show the fluorescence intensity before (left) and after (right) barium is added. Individual ions (bright spots) indicate a double beta decay event.

New Technique for Understanding the Nature of Neutrinos Demonstrates an Important Technological Milestone

Drawing illustrates in 2-D how electrical conductivity (red) tends to form in the direction of greater mechanical strain (yellow arrows). This property could enable controlling a material’s thermoelectric capabilities via chemical or mechanical methods.

Hot on the Trail of a Thermoelectric Material with High-Conductivity but Slow Thermal Transfer

A new control technique creates an electron beam with a very dense core. Left: head-on view of the beam. Right: correlation between beam particle position and angle showing nonlinear distortions at the edges. The color scale shows the log of density.

Harnessing Distortions for Denser Particle Beams

An artificial intelligence-driven approach established by advanced characterization (X-ray and thermal imaging) improves printed parts by monitoring 3D printing processes in real time to accurately detect keyhole pores, a typical printing defect.

Detecting 3D-Printing Defects in Real Time

Schematic shows a lithium-air battery cell consisting of a lithium metal anode, air-based cathode, and solid ceramic polymer electrolyte (CPE). Upon discharge and charge, lithium ions (Li+) go from anode to cathode, then back.

Innovative Lithium-Air Battery Design Poised to Increase Energy Storage

The nuclear electron capture decay of highly localized beryllium-7 atoms inside a superconducting tunnel junction sensor provides direct access to quantum properties of the neutrino (e) via a precision measurement of the recoiling lithium-7 atom.

Rare Isotopes Shed Light on the Size of a Neutrino Wavepacket

As the energy of nuclear collisions increases, more and more gluons (represented as yellow strings) are packed inside a proton. Eventually, they become so crowded that they reach a balanced, dense state called gluon saturation.

Physicists Find a Strong Link Between Gluon Saturation and Symmetry Principles

Chromium-62 is near the center of a region of the nuclear chart referred to as an island of inversion. The experiment in this research measured observables for the rare isotope chromium-62 that help explain the properties of even rarer species.

Experiment Reveals Competing Nuclear Shapes in the Rare Isotope Chromium-62

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