Diffraction-based analytical methods are widely used in laboratories, but they struggle to study samples that are smaller than a micrometer in size. Researchers have nevertheless been successful in ...

Feb. 18 (UPI) --Using neutron diffraction, scientists have characterized the crystalline structure of a newly named ice form, ice XIX. Researchers described the exotic ice form in a new paper, ...

A workhorse catalyst of vehicle exhaust systems — an “oxygen sponge” that can soak up oxygen from air and store it for later use in oxidation reactions — may also be a “hydrogen sponge,” scientists ...

Nickel-cobalt (Ni-Co)-based superalloys are leading candidates for advanced turbine disks; however, their strength relies ...

. Published by Plenum Publishing Corporation, 233 Spring St., New York, New York 10013, USA; 1996, 462 pages. $110.00. These are trying and yet exciting times for the use of neutrons in structural ...

Water plays several important roles within the human body, even affecting the DNA in our cells. The entire surface of a DNA double helix is coated in layers of water molecules. This sheath of water ...