Quantum billiard balls: Digging deeper into light-assisted atomic collisions
When atoms collide, their exact structure—for example, the number of electrons they have or even the quantum spin of their ...
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What Is The Best Image We Have Of Atoms?
The short answer is; no. We will never see atoms using visible light, simply because the wavelength of visible light (around 400 to 700 nanometers) is larger than the size of an atom (around 0.1 to ...
Physicists Just Mapped the Hidden Quantum World of Electrons
A new method finally reveals the full quantum identity of electrons, offering insights that could transform material science ...
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Squishy materials reveal new physics of static electricity
The work could be a step toward understanding the effects behind the phenomenon of static electricity, in which electric charge accumulates on materials after they are rubbed or touched together.
Nanoscale technique uses atomic vibrations to show how quantum materials behave at interfaces
Scientists are racing to develop new materials for quantum technologies in computing and sensing for ultraprecise ...
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MSU researchers find new sources, parameters for ‘the molecule that made the universe’
A study by researchers at Michigan State University has unearthed a new source of trihydrogen, often referred to as “the ...
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What Is Carbon? Life's Most Crucial Element, Explained
Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most ...