Researchers have developed innovative methods to control the ionization of atoms and molecules using specially structured light beams, challenging traditional limits. This breakthrough could lead to ...

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

For years, scientists were baffled by a peculiar problem: why do platinum electrodes, usually stable, corrode so quickly in ...

As it nears 35 consecutive years of space service, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken another look at a famous ...

According to scientists from the University of Portsmouth, water first formed in the debris of supernova explosions 100 to ...

Taking inspiration from ancient techniques, researchers have forged relatively large sheets of metal that are just atoms thick ... It took his team seven years to adapt the concept to work ...

Experiments in the quantum realm are conducted at extremely low temperatures, close to absolute zero, to reduce the motion of atoms ... In recent years, though, technological advancements have ...

The basic hydrogen atom is the simplest of all atoms, now known to consist of a single proton and a single electron. Why even physicists still don’t understand quantum theory 100 years on Bohr ...

New atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

“Before the first stars exploded, there was no water in the Universe because there was no oxygen. Only very simple nuclei ...