Southwest Research Institute has delivered a plasma spectrometer for integration into a lunar lander as part of NASA’s Lunar Vertex investigation, scheduled to commence next year. The target site is ...

A year ago, the largest and most complex scientific instrument on the International Space Station was delivered to the orbital outpost. Searching for antimatter and the origins of our Universe, it is ...

Since its development in the first half of the 20th century, Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is an integral tool across various scientific disciplines. The method’s relevance and power ...

Exciting astronomical news! Scientists may have found evidence of dark matter, a substance that may exist! The Associated Press reports: “The first results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which ...

Varian Associates was formed in Silicon Valley in 1948, and maintained close connections with scientists and engineers at Stanford University. Among these was Felix Bloch, the Jewish Swiss immigrant ...

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