We know that matter is made up of particles called atoms and that an element is a substance that is made up of only one kind of atom. But what are atoms made up of? A very important part of ...

An alternative history of the worst nuclear event in British history is burdened by narrative tropes and uninspired ...

The “lead” of a pencil is actually made of a substance called graphite which is made of carbon atoms. The picture shows a close-up of one carbon atom. A hydrogen atom has one proton as the nucleus and ...

Players read questions about energy levels and score points by picking the correct element as the answer. Electrons are in regions around the nucleus ... electrons on the first energy level and six ...

A recent study using atom probe tomography (APT), however, successfully characterized trace element distributions in framboids, or spherical clusters of microcrystals of pyrite, with improved ...