Latest about atoms
Dusty 'Cat's Paw Nebula' contains a type of molecule never seen in space — and it's one of the largest ever found
Scientists have detected a new, unusually large molecule never seen in space before. The 13-atom molecule, called 2-methoxyethanol, was detected in the Cat's Paw Nebula.
Scientists accidentally create world's tightest, smallest knot
The tangle is known as a trefoil knot — and it's made up of just 54 atoms.
Earth's solid inner core is 'surprisingly soft' thanks to hyperactive atoms jostling around
Atoms within the enormous ball of iron in Earth's inner core may move around much more than previously thought, which could explain recent findings about the core's surprising softness.
Scientists tried to solve the mystery of the helium nucleus — and ended up more confused than ever
Helium is the simplest element in the periodic table with more than one particle in its nucleus, yet state of the art theory and experiments on it don't add up.
Elemental Shift: Periodic Table Gets Weight Changes
Ten elements that help make up the universe, including carbon, are getting their very atomic weights altered.
Where do electrons get energy to spin around an atom's nucleus?
Quantum mechanics explains why the electrons can keep spinning indefinitely.
CERN: Organization, experiments and facts
Reference Facts about the organization that built the atom smasher.
Large Hadron Collider is waking up after a 3-year nap, and it could help explain why the universe exists.
After a three-year nap, the world's largest atom smasher is waking up and getting ready to smash atoms harder than ever.
