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Chinese Physicists Settle Einstein and Bohr’s Quantum Debate

A groundbreaking experiment recreates Einstein’s 1927 thought challenge, confirming fundamental quantum principle. In a landmark study that brings a definitive close to one of the most famous debates in modern physics, a team of Chinese scientists has experimentally validated Niels Bohr’s core quantum principle, demonstrating that a particle’s path and...

Twisted Stacks of 2-D Carbon Act Like a Weird Type of Superconductor

“Magic-angle” graphene could help solve the puzzle of how unconventional superconductors work By Emily Conover Stacks of graphene, carefully twisted, gain a superpower: They become superconductors. Now scientists have new evidence that this “magic-angle” graphene is a member of a truly strange class of superconductor. Like all superconductors, the materials, known...
Images--Left: Current input terminal (100A compatible, size: outermost metal diameter Φ16mm x length 94mm) Right: MS-8 pin terminal (Maximum 110A, size: metal outer diameter Φ41mm x length 72.5mm)

World-First High-Current Terminals for Liquid Hydrogen

Kyocera Corporation (President and CEO: Hideo Tanimoto, hereinafter referred to as “Kyocera”) is pleased to announce that, through joint research with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (hereinafter referred to as “JAXA”), it has developed two new products: a 100A current feedthrough terminal that ensures durability and airtightness in liquid hydrogen...

Making a Splash on Cryogenic Surfaces

Cryogenic surfaces do not hinder droplet splashing, but smaller droplets make smaller splashes. Hannah Richter On a rainy day, a classic physical property is on display: droplet splashing. How liquids splash is not just important for keeping one’s clothes dry, but for applications from inkjet printing to spraying crops to...

CERN Showcases Projects With Environmental Applications

CERN researchers are contributing to a growing number of projects aimed at developing technological solutions to environmental challenges—from fusion power and marine pollution detection to renewable energy distribution and cleaner aviation. These initiatives, carried out with academic and industrial partners, are coordinated through the CERN Innovation Programme for Environmental Applications...

New Evidence Sheds Light on Mystery of Magic-Angle Graphene’s Superconductivity

By Victoria Corless Scientists studying “magic-angle” graphene have captured the clearest evidence yet of the electronic signature behind its superconductivity, cutting through years of speculation about what drives its exotic behavior. “When superconductivity was first discovered in magic-angle graphene, it was surprising,” says Jeong Min Park of Princeton University. “Graphene...

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Dewar

A dewar is a type of cryostat named after Sir James Dewar, the researcher who first developed the concept of a vacuum insulated container with silvered walls to reflect thermal radiation. Dewar was the first to liquefy hydrogen, and he created the device to store his discovery. The thermos bottle...

Stirling and Gifford-McMahon Cryocoolers

Stirling and Gifford-McMahon (GM) cryocoolers are two of the most commonly used cryocoolers in cryogenics. Both devices have a significant industrial base and operate at a wide range of temperatures and capacities. The thermodynamic cycles for both of these cryocoolers are quite similar. The Stirling cycle consists of a compressor,...

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

A significant commercial application of cryogenics is the liquefaction, transport and storage of natural gas. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is generally 95 percent methane with a few percent ethane and much lower concentrations of propane and butane. LNG liquefies at 111.6 K. Unlike many applications of cryogenics, the motivation for...

Wind Tunnels

Dr. Robert Kilgore The development of the cryogenic wind tunnel is one of many significant breakthroughs in both cryogenics and wind-tunnel technology made during the past millennium. Interest in the development of high-speed commercial and military aircraft resulted in a review of problems of flow simulation in transonic wind tunnels...

History of Cryogenics

From the Fall 1999 issue of Cold Facts magazine Millennium Breakthroughs A variety of CSA members give different perspectives on the past millennium: What were the most significant breakthroughs in cryogenics during the past millennium? Prof. R.G. Scurlock, Kryos Technology, scurlock@soton.ac.uk (“Breakthrough” = way through obstacles — Oxford English Dictionary)...

Cryobiology

Andreas Sputtek Past President Society for Cryobiology sputtek@uke.uni-hamburg.de or http://www.sputtek.de/. The word cryobiology (from the Greek words “cryo” = cold, “bios” = life, and “logos” = science) literally signifies the science of life at low temperatures. In practice, this field comprises the study of any biological material or system (e.g.,...

Cryogenic Insulation

James E. Fesmire Cryogenics Test Laboratory NASA Kennedy Space Center james.e.fesmire@nasa.gov Introduction In today’s world, the use of cryogenics and low-temperature refrigeration is taking a more and more significant role. From the food industry, transportation, energy, and medical applications to the Space Shuttle, cryogenic liquids must be stored, handled, and...

An Issue of Pressure and Flow Rate in a Supply Tank

Please help solve this problem: A supply tank requires a vaporizer to generate sufficient pressure to pump stored fluid up into a vehicle or tank. The available head is limited as the tank level falls and it is important to minimize the system pressure drop to maintain the desired flow...

Using MLI on VJ Line Joints or Cryo Storage Tanks

When installing Multi Layer Insulation (MLI) blankets on VJ line joints or cryo storage tanks should they be wrapped and tied down tight or loose? These are usually pre-cut to size. Also should they have an access hole at the point of where the molecular sieve is installed to help...