Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future standard for measuring time.

Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

Recycling bin filled with plastic bottles emphasizes waste management and environmental awareness. Image in public domain.

Called a landmark discovery, scientists create a molecule with an unprecedented electronic pattern that revolutionizes ...

A newly isolated three-atom aluminum ring reveals unexpected chemistry that could help replace costly metals used in ...

To unlock materials of the future, including better photocatalysts or light-switchable superconductors, researchers need to ...

Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale structures are carved into materials to form the ...

Diastereomers are structurally identical molecules that are not mirror images of each other. Diastereomers can have different ...

Physicists in China have demonstrated that a structure called an optical metasurface can individually trap up to 78,400 neutral atoms – a promising development in efforts to build a large-scale ...

Carbon is everywhere. It forms the graphite in pencils, the diamonds in jewelry and the molecules that make up every living thing. Under extreme conditions -- like the heat and pressure of intense ...

Key takeaways: Cosmos (ATOM) is a blockchain ecosystem that facilitates interoperability among independent blockchains. Co-founded by Jae Kwon and Ethan Buchman in 2014, Cosmos aims to create a ...

A team at IBM Research has assembled a strange new ring-shaped molecule that bends around like a more complicated Möbius strip ...