atoms

Is it possible to make an element zero? Does it already exist?

A new "atomic memory" device that encodes data atom by atom can store hundreds of times more data than current hard disks can, a new study finds.

After a long hiatus, the periodic table of the elements has finally gotten a new update, adding four new elements to its roster and completing its seventh row.

A zap of lightning can change the very structure of a rock, new research shows.

The name Niels Bohr may take you back to high school chemistry class, but an event tonight promises to take people beyond textbooks, for a behind-the-scenes look at the pioneering scientist.

The 1935 Nobel Prize awarded to English physicist James Chadwick for his discovery of the neutron will be offered at Tuesday morning (June 3).

A new theoretical model offers a fix for the heating effect that destroys Bose-Einstein condensate when physicists view the super-chilled gas with lasers.

The scientists laid the foundation for powerful computer models that are used to understand and predict complex chemical processes.

A new, light-based microscope has unprecedented resolution that can reveal the vibrations of individual bonds between atoms