When things vibrate, they make sounds. Molecules do too, but at frequencies far beyond human hearing. Chemical bonds stretch, bend, and twist at characteristic rates that fall in the infrared region ...

Turn ChatGPT into a consistent tool with a few tight constraints. Use instructions to control tone, pacing, and structured formatting. Watch the downside: global rules can silently filter answers ...

The U.S. Navy is in its overhaul era: new warfighting strategy, new ways of doing business, new ships, and more ships ready to deploy. The chief of naval operations previewed his soon-to-be-unveiled ...

With THz spectroscopy scaled down to chip-sized, researchers identified a potential new way to control quantum materials. (Nanowerk News) In the right combinations and conditions, two-dimensional ...

In the right combinations and conditions, two-dimensional materials can host intriguing and potentially valuable quantum phases, like superconductivity and unique forms of magnetism. Why they occur, ...

Near-infrared spectroscopy, known as NIR spectroscopy or NIRS, is a long-established analytical technique. For over 30 years, it has proven to be a fast and reliable method for measuring chemical and ...

Anyone who has worked with AI has experienced the moment when it feels like the system is ignoring you. You ask for one thing, get something else, and then wonder why it worked perfectly yesterday but ...

Random fluctuations in the intensity and energy of X-ray lasers, which generally limit performance, have been harnessed for high-resolution spectroscopy. Li and colleagues use an XFEL to produce a ...

Intelligent manufacturing systems that enable real-time product releases will become commonplace in the not-too-distant future, thanks to advances in process monitoring and analytical techniques, ...

The Trump administration is planning to close a small, obscure laboratory whose work undergirds everything from microchip manufacturing to nuclear fusion. The Atomic Spectroscopy Group at the National ...