The hope is that what will happen is that the X-rays will hollow out all of the atoms in the molecule, and then, in the brief instant before electrons cascade down to the empty spaces, scientists will be able to deduce the positions of the atoms from the scattering pattern of the X-rays.
Where it empties out — scientists call it the snout — a noisy, frothy stream rushes down to meet the river Ganges.
In addition to discussing NOAA's budget and infrastructure challenges, Lubchenco revealed that she's hoping to soon fill the agency's long-empty chief scientist slot, which Congress recently removed from a list of positions requiring confirmation by the Senate.
Various social, economic and cultural forces have teamed up to dramatically challenge the traditional notion of an empty nest, the scientists said.
Years of looking for bizarre four- and five-quark ensembles left scientists empty-handed and puzzled.
Over the past few decades, research missions aimed at locating the elusive caecilian (Ichthyophis weberi) had left scientists empty-handed until now.
That term can be an empty insult, but political scientists try to give it meaning.
Aware that raw follower count is an empty campaign asset, social scientists have attempted to analyze whether social media "sentiment," or tone of the discussion, can reveal how much a candidate is liked, and therefore which candidate would win an election.
Thus it is in this cockamamie film that "Caesar" becomes not just an orphaned, genius primate smuggled into the cosy life of California by a dangerously empty-headed research scientist (James Franco) who finds a potion that advances the ape's IQ, but the movie's central character.
The discovery also filled a niche in the ecological system that scientists "thought was empty".
