Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and the Abdus Salam ...

(Nanowerk News) National University of Singapore (NUS) scientists have demonstrated a general approach for characterising the atomic structure, and electronic and magnetic properties of ...

The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of that ...

Controlling the arrangement of atomic vacancies offers a new way to adjust electronic, magnetic, thermal, and hydrogen storage properties in crystalline materials. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Atomic ...

The shapes of atomic orbitals also affect the spectroscopic properties of atoms and molecules. The absorption and emission of ...

Materials exposed to neutron radiation tend to experience significant damage. At the nanoscale, these incident neutrons collide with a material's atoms, which then collide with each other. The ...

Culminating a nearly 10 year effort, researchers have determined the atomic resolution structure of a key molecule that translates signals from a cell’s local environment into a language that the cell ...

Explore the cutting-edge world of 2D materials as we introduce graphene and its incredible properties, then dive deep into ...

This lesson utilizes an adaptation of the board game Subatomic: An Atom Building Game to help students learn about the different parts that make up an atom. During their turn, players can choose to ...

The researchers calculated the microscopic atomic structure and properties of ultraheavy elements using the relativistic Thomas-Fermi model of the atom. Through their calculations, they found that ...