X-ray device sets pulses racing
A switch to control bursts of X-rays could make it much easier to track reaction dynamics
Diamond comes under the microscope
A new twist on a well-known technique allows physicists to probe the electrical properties of insulators
Read article: Positive ions pull together
Positive ions pull together
Under certain conditions, the Coulomb force can pull charges together
DIAMOND boss appointed
Director of the German synchrotron lab takes the helm at the new UK facility
Single atoms on demand
A method of dispensing atoms one at a time could pave the way for quantum computers
Nitrogen tally tests the nebula
Nitrogen in Jupiter's atmosphere provide clues to the make-up of the pre-planetary nebula
X marks the atom
X-ray 'camera' takes its first snapshot of a crystal lattice
Beating the femtosecond limit
Ultrashort laser pulses could probe processes that occur almost instantaneously
Green light for nanomotors
Schmid and colleagues used new microscopy techniques to observe in real time interactions between the tin clusters – each containing hundreds of thousands of atoms – and the copper surface...
SOLEIL synchrotron for Saclay
The intense X-rays from SOLEIL will be used for a range of experiments in physics, chemistry and biology. The machine is expected to come on-line in 2005. According to Schwartzenberg, the French gover...
