Where starlight doesn't reach, new things are born: For the first time, an international research team has directly measured ...

New Research Initiative to Test if Ionization Can Remove Harmful Particles From the Atmosphere Before People Breathe Them ...

During the analysis of NH 3 in H 2 O gas streams, a big issue when trying to detect low NH 3 levels arises due to the spectral overlap between the m/z 17 of both NH 3 and water. The water background ...

Light interacting with hydrogen atoms enclosed in hollow cages composed of carbon atoms produces ionization. This phenomenon is particularly interesting because the light rays can have dramatic ...

Bipolar ionization technology releases charged atoms that attach to and deactivate harmful substances like bacteria, mold, allergens, and viruses. It first arrived in the US in the 1970s as a tool to ...

Researchers have for the first time measured the first ionization energy of lawrencium, the last of the actinides, validating predictions of the element’s electronic structure (Nature 2015, DOI: ...

What are the ionization techniques for mass spectrometry? Mass spectrometry (MS) plays a vital role in many aspects of our lives, from diagnosing illness and detecting food contaminants to fighting ...

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - By: University of Cincinnati Journalism Department student Jamie Gregory. University of Cincinnati Electronic Media Division student William Wolkoff contributed. A 2013 city ...

To break free from an atom, the negatively charged electron typically has to absorb a high-energy photon, such as that from the ultraviolet (UV) or x-ray spectrum. The electron then gets excited ...

One such cloud is called Barnard 68, located about 500 light years from Earth in the constellation Ophiuchus. Its interior is 9 Kelvin (−264 °C) cold and so dense (and thus opaque) that light can ...