New X-ray method captures solid-liquid interfaces and bulk liquids simultaneously

Researchers have developed a method for making simultaneous soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements of ...
MSN on MSN

The coldest known place in the universe is the Boomerang Nebula

Roughly 5,000 light-years from Earth, a dying star is expelling gas so rapidly that its outflow has cooled to approximately 1 ...
EurekAlert!

Direct measurement techniques of aerosols’ optical properties (including absorption, scattering, extinction, and single scattering albedo) and chemical properties over the ...

This study is led by PhD student Zhang Yurong and Dr. Han Yong (Prof.) from the School of Atmospheric Sciences at Sun Yat-sen University. The researchers have reviewed the development trends of direct ...
Science Daily

A new method to measure optical absorption in semiconductor crystals

Researchers have revealed more details about omnidirectional photoluminescence (ODPL) spectroscopy - a method for probing semiconducting crystals with light to detect defects and impurities. Tohoku ...
The Spokesman-Review

Japan launches plan to independently measure its forests’ carbon absorption levels

TOKYO – Japan’s government plans to develop a new method to measure plant resources across the country with the aim of accurately determining Japan’s carbon dioxide absorption levels. The Education, ...
Nanowerk

A new method to measure optical absorption in semiconductor crystals

(a) A scheme of temperature variable ODPL spectroscopy. The spectra of ODPL and SPL as well as r (ODPL intensity divided by SPL intensity) measured at (b) T = 300 K and (c) T = 12 K. (Image: Kazunobu ...
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Japan to independently measure its forests’ carbon absorption

TOKYO >> Japan’s government plans to develop its own method of measuring the country’s plant resources, with the goal of accurately determining its carbon dioxide absorption levels. Since July, the ...