Everything we can see and touch, and quite a lot that we can’t as well, is made of tiny particles called atoms. Some substances, like particles of this iron, contain only one kind of atom. Iron is an ...

Argonne National Laboratory are helping show what it means to design a material almost atom-by-atom. In two publications, ...

The coherence of quantum systems is the foundation upon which hardware for future information technologies is based. Quantum information is carried by units called quantum bits, or qubits. They can be ...

Electron energy-loss spectroscopy is a technique broadly used to examine the chemical composition and bonding states of matter. When combined with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), EELS can be ...

Explore the intricate world of atoms in this video, which delves into their fundamental components: protons, neutrons, and ...

Since the beginning of time, human beings have sought to understand what the universe and everything within it is made up of. And while ancient magi and philosophers conceived of a world composed of ...

In a study on the transport of atoms in ultracold gases, a team of physicists has developed a new approach to how signals might be transmitted at the atomic level. This could be especially important ...

There are lots of different substances but only just over a hundred elements. An element is a substance that is made up of only one kind of atom. The atoms in a particular element are the same as each ...