As the number of particles in a physical system increases, its properties can change and different phase transitions (i.e., shifts into different phases of matter) can take place. Microscopic systems ...

S amantha Eve Wilkins, better known as Atom Eve, is one of the greatest heroes in the Invincible universe. Being a member of the Teen Team, Guardians of the Globe, and fighting alongside ...

Being able to combine detailed images with X-ray scans of a single atom of such a valuable element could be a huge help to engineers and materials scientists in the future. “It might also be ...

To get the atom to carry quantum information, researchers will shine a laser at it to excite it to different energy levels. Two of these levels can be isolated, and labeled as the 0 and 1 values ...

Later, he and his team conducted experiments in Manchester between 1914 and 1919, which have been described as being the first to "split the atom".

When two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom get close enough, the electron from each atom feels an attraction from the protons in the other atom's nucleus. This attraction pulls the atoms together. The ...

Later, he and his team conducted experiments in Manchester between 1914 and 1919, which have been described as being the first to "split the atom".