Traditional chemistry textbooks present a tidy picture: Atoms in molecules occupy fixed positions, connected by rigid rods. A ...
Probing the vibration of atoms provides detailed information on local structure and bonding that define material properties.
Researchers have demonstrated that a nanoparticle of 7,000 sodium atoms can act as a wave, creating a record-setting superposition.
Actinides are a group of heavy, radioactive elements that include uranium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium and ...
Scientists in Germany have shed light on how nanoscale imaging techniques like tip-enhanced Raman ...
A 3-millimeter piece of metal can be magnified 50 million times — revealing atoms just 0.1 nanometers wide. To see them, ...
Scientists have taken a major step toward mimicking nature’s tiniest gateways by creating ultra-small pores that rival the dimensions of biological ion channels—just a few atoms wide. The breakthrough ...
A couple of weeks back I posted an answer to a question from a Twitter follower’s child, who asked “How Strong Is Space?” That was fun, so here’s another kid-question answered, this one from my own ...
In a quantum world drowning in lab demos, Infleqtion is making a different bet—real hardware, real missions, real deployments ...
Scientists developed a single-atom iridium catalyst that drives both water-splitting reactions on one electrode, using 98.5% less precious metal for cheaper green hydrogen.