University of Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear ...

Physicists at the University of Ottawa add an orbital spin to their laser beams to control the movement of electrons in their ...

Cadmium-based nanostructures are opening new possibilities in near-infrared (NIR) technology, from medical imaging to fiber ...

Sheets of bismuth, gallium, indium, tin and lead can now be made just a few atoms thick by crushing them at a high ...

Graphene is a revolutionary material composed of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice ...

By taking two flakes of special materials that are just one atom thick and twisting them at high angles, researchers at the ...

Scientists have unlocked a new way to control ionization, the process where atoms lose electrons, using specially designed ...

Standing in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano ...

A research team led by Professor Sun Qing-Feng in collaboration with Professor He Lin's research group from Beijing Normal ...

An atom is so small that a single drop of water contains more than a billion atoms. Although tiny, atoms are mostly empty space. The simplified model of the atom is that of a cloud of negative ...

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Even when particles seem to shift in the blink of an eye, as with quantum entanglement, there are measurable intervals ...