The Atoms Went Marching In One By One
News Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) outlined, in a recent issue of Applied Physics Letters, a new way of harnessing neutral atoms in a vacuum chamber by sending them past laser beams tuned to a frequency that...
[May 16, 2003, 9:19]
Researchers Move Toward Plastic Chips
News Organic polymers are molecules that contain a long string of carbon atoms and make versatile plastics. The challenge: The weak electrostatic attractions that bind the carbon-60 crystal lattice--known as van der Waals forces--will rapidly weaken...
[October 12, 2001, 9:05]
