One of the big themes of the talks I went to at last week's March Meeting was the exploration of exotic materials, with names like "topological insulators" and "Weyl semi-metals." While there are a ...

Physicists have studied a rare molecule to look at how magnetism is distributed within a radioactive nucleus for the first time. The rules of nature don’t, generally speaking, change. If you toss a ...

Researchers have invented a new way to probe the valence electrons of atoms deep inside a crystalline solid, outlines a new report. It may be unwise to judge a book by its cover, but you can tell a ...

One of the biggest achievements of quantum physics was recasting our vision of the atom. Out was the early 1900s model of a solar system in miniature, in which electrons looped around a solid nucleus.

Engineers have developed an experimental strategy to control and observe the chemical reaction of a single nanocatalyst using an optical microscope -- Expected to contribute to catalyst design based ...

Feb. 26 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered an atom filled with atoms. The atom's electrons orbit at such a great distance that there's room for other atoms. The atoms within the "giant atom" form weak ...

(Nanowerk News) X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have delivered intense, ultrashort X-ray pulses in the femtosecond range for over a decade. A femtosecond is equivalent to a millionth of a billionth ...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three scientists who created pulses of light so short they can be used to watch the inner workings of atoms. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne ...

Scientists in a rare discovery have found “smiling electrons” inside Earth’s protective magnetic field. According to a new ...

A solid material that conducts electricity perfectly at certain temperatures may also qualify as an almost perfectly flowing liquid. If the result is confirmed, the superconducting material would ...

Nanotechnology could help bring such advances as quantum computing, ultradense data storage, and quantum cryptography. But even the most sophisticated methods for exploring material properties and ...

(Nanowerk News) It may be unwise to judge a book by its cover, but you can tell a lot about a material from the outermost electrons in its atoms. “These outermost electrons, known as valence electrons ...