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Ab Initio Methods Help Scientists Make Sense of Complex Particle Collisions
Research finds ab initio effective field theories are useful for calculating how nucleons scatter from collisions of atomic nuclei.
Research finds ab initio effective field theories are useful for calculating how nucleons scatter from collisions of atomic nuclei.
Scientists resolve the hypothesized anomalous increase in moment of inertia of fast rotating nuclei with models of neon-20 and chromium-48 nuclei.
Scientists develop a new method to characterize the properties of one of the four fundamental forces of nature.
A tungsten carbide catalyst can produce a hydrocarbon from carbon dioxide at high rates and high efficiency.
Scientists can now verify theoretical predictions using one-dimensional compositions grown in-situ at a synchrotron spectroscopy station.
New results will help physicists interpret experimental data from particle collisions and better understand the interactions of quarks and gluons.
Experiments examine atomic disorder and dynamics that could explain beneficial optical properties.
If observed, neutrinoless double-β decay would have changed our view of the Universe.
Land use and land cover changes have diverse and contrasting effects on different types of rain.
Physicists use a detector under an Italian mountain to search for rare nuclear processes to explain why our Universe has more matter than antimatter.
Researchers demonstrate a real-world large-scale application of deep neural network models for discovering novel protein-protein interactions.
New discovery allows scientists to better stabilize the plasma in future compact fusion reactors.