A 200-Year-Old Law of Physics Breaks Down at the Atomic Scale

Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...
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Global study sets new benchmark for testing graphene quality at atomic scale

Researchers develop reliable method using transmission electron microscopy to verify graphene's single-atom thickness, ...
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Atomic precision and strain engineering maximize Pt fuel cell catalyst performance

Atomic-scale design of platinum catalysts significantly increases fuel cell efficiency, with a new study showcasing record ...
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Atomic strain sensing with a silver single atom chain

(Nanowerk Spotlight) At the scale of individual atoms, materials behave in ways that defy everyday intuition. Stretch a metal wire by a few micrometers and its resistance changes only slightly.
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Atom Computing selected by DARPA for the next stage of exploring near-term utility-scale quantum computing with neutral atoms

BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Atom Computing has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to proceed to the next stage of exploring how Atom's ...

Electron beams guide atomic-scale structural transformations in crystals

A joint research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory has achieved precise control and real-time observation of ...