Materials scientists at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have found a way to create and control tiny "flaws" inside ...

Rice University researchers studying a class of atom-thin semiconductors known as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) ...

MIT scientists used radium monofluoride atom to observe electrons entering atomic nuclei, revealing new details of nuclear magnetism.

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Modern physics is filled with theories that challenge human understanding of existence. Concepts like the multiverse, ...

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Using focused electron beams and nanomanipulators, scientists can now cut and shape metal samples just billionths of a meter thick — directly inside an electron microscope. The technique reveals how ...

FOREST HILLS, Pa.—The Westinghouse Atom Smasher loomed like a mysterious cast-iron hot-air balloon when Jim Senkewitz was growing up in its shadow in the 1950s. The particle accelerator towered over ...

Adding a single silver atom to a nanocluster increased its brightness 77 times, revealing how atomic design can power next-gen lighting and sensor technologies. Photoluminescence quantum yield ...