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Mostly harmless: atom lasers. (quantum physics research)
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The use of an atom laser demonstrated a quantum physics theory developed in 1924 by Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose that cold atoms would act like a single unit in research conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and led by Michael Andrews.
AN ATOM laser sounds like a weapon that the captain of the starship Enterprise would use, with extravagant background music, to destroy an entire fleet of particularly nasty alien ships. In fact, it holds little such promise. The first atomic laser beam, announced in this week's Science by Wolfgang Ketterle and his group at the ...
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Making waves: atom microscopes.
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; QUANTUM theory, like many of the world's best religions, says that...idea, some German scientists believe they can push quantum mechanics to its logical conclusion and design a microscope which makes its images using the wavings of atoms. The limits of microscopes are set by wavelength. ...
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Shaking and baking to atomic positions. (data research time lessened on position of atoms in molecules)
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...largely by trial and error, the positions of atoms in a given molecule. An innovative, computer-intensi...information needed to find the positions of 104 atoms in pairs of molecules of a compound related...certain wavelength. The orderly rows of atoms within the crystal deflect these X-rays...
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Faith and quantum theory.
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
; Quantum theory is unsettling. Nobel laureate Richard...Masters (1979) popularized the idea that quantum theory has something to do with eastern mysticism...of the many authors who claim that quantum theory has implications favorable to religious...
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How Many Atoms Can You Eat?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...learned in science that molecules are made of atoms," his sister said. "Will you eat an atom...sister right that molecules are made of atoms? Time to head to the library. During his...encyclopedias. His sister was right, for once! Atoms do form molecules. Put two or more atoms...
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Scientists come a step closer to detecting single atoms
Magazine article from: JOM
; ...University have reported the detection of two atoms of an element, bringing science one step away from the detection of a single atoms using an electron microscope. The detection...reported they were able to detect two atoms of manganese in an extremely thin specimen...
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Small, but super: these 'atoms' can't leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they have special powers.(Cover story)
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...even smaller, clusters of just a few dozen atoms display even more outlandish behavior. Gold and certain other atoms often tend to aggregate in specific numbers...clusters can mimic the chemistry of single atoms of a completely different element. They...
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New research turns a bright light on atoms' tunneling phenomenon.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...observed for decades, but two recent studies report that atoms can perform a different type of tunneling wizardry...this trick on a large scale involving millions of atoms. The tunneling atoms may get some help from the everyday, or classical...
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Atom laser demonstrated in chilled drips. (condensate of sodium atoms)
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...that a cloud consisting of millions of atoms can also be made coherent. Instead of flying about and colliding randomly, the atoms display coordinated behavior, acting as...entity. According to quantum mechanics, atoms can behave like waves. Thus, two overlapping...
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Late atomic bursts from cracked crystals. (crystals that emit bursts of atoms and molecules when cracked)
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...copious quantities of photons, electrons, ions, single atoms and even clusters of atoms. Now, researchers have discovered that certain crystals also emit intense bursts of atoms and molecules after the material has cracked in two...
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The soccer-ball molecule. (carbon atoms)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...humble pencil lead graphite. When carbon atoms join up to make diamonds, they form a three-dimension...carbon atom holds on to four other carbon atoms around it by strong chemical bonds. In its graphite form the atoms are arranged in sheets, with the sheets...
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