Atomic Physics

Feds looking to sell AECL nuclear labs

9 Feb 2012

At least two business consortiums are expected to begin encircling Atomic Energy Canada Ltd., after the federal government on Wednesday called for expressions of interest for a public-private partnership to run Canada's largest scientific establishment at Chalk River, Ont.

Scientists make iron transparent: For first time, experiment shows that atomic nuclei can become transparent

9 Feb 2012

At the high-brilliance synchrotron light source PETRA III, scientists have succeeded in making atomic nuclei transparent with the help of X-ray light. At the same time they have also discovered a new way to realize an optically controlled light switch that can be used to manipulate light with light, an important ingredient for efficient future quantum computers.

'Transparent' iron brings quantum light computer closer to reality

9 Feb 2012

London, Feb 9 (ANI): Scientists have for the first time succeeded in making atomic nuclei transparent with the help of X-ray light.