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 ...

Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was ...

Researchers at the CMS collaboration at CERN have reported the discovery of the smallest hadron in existence, the toponium.

A new generation of electron microscopes is able to explore the microscopic properties of materials and devices as diverse as transistors, turbine blades and interfacial superconductors.

University of Queensland scientists have cracked a long-standing puzzle in nuclear physics, showing that nuclear polarization ...

A research team studied how iridium and palladium nanoparticles can change the properties of catalysts with minor degradation ...

An international team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers has merged two lab-synthesized materials into a ...

An impossible quantum structure has now been fabricated, potentially leading the way to new developments in quantum computing ...

"The nature of changes in the particle is exceptionally diverse, including fluxional periods, manifesting as rapid changes in ...

Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a ...