They observe for the first time the movement of oxygen atoms in liquid water, revealing life forms and effects for plasma ...

Researchers have discovered that not all atoms in a liquid are in motion and that some remain stationary regardless of the ...

Some atoms in a liquid stay fixed even at high temperatures, reshaping how solidification starts and enabling an unusual ...

Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo have precisely quantified “quantum tunneling” of hydrogen atoms in palladium at low temperatures, motion that is impossible ...

Until now, atoms have never been imaged interacting freely in space, but a new technique known as non-resolved microscopy has changed that. MIT physicists were able to successfully capture images of ...

A couple of weeks back I posted an answer to a question from a Twitter follower’s child, who asked “How Strong Is Space?” That was fun, so here’s another kid-question answered, this one from my own ...

Over the past 20 years, scientists have been developing ways of using neutral atoms for quantum computing 1. Writing in Nature, Bluvstein et al. 2 demonstrate how far these methods have come: the ...

Luckily, we don't have to count them one by one. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. All matter in the universe — no matter how big, ...

Trapping antimatter is kind of like trying to catch snowflakes with a frying pan — if the snowflakes wanted to blow up the ...

Atoms are made up of a nucleus, protons and electrons. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Atoms are the basic units of matter.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. If you were to look at what your body is made of, at smaller and more ...