atoms
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Physicists Just Solved a 35-Year-Old Mystery Hidden Inside Atomic CoresThe quarks inside atoms move slower than the quarks inside free-floating protons and neutrons. But why?
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Laser-Blasted Plasma Is Cooler Than Deep Space...LiterallyLaser-cooled plasma has all the chill.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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This Box Could Become the Coldest Spot in the UniverseLasers and microgravity will chill this ice chest-size box to 10 billion times colder than the vacuum of space.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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This Bizarre, Overstuffed Atom Is the Turducken of the Microscopic WorldThese giant, overstuffed atoms take advantage of the weird properties of materials at very low temperatures.
By Tia Ghose Published
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Elusive Neutrinos Detected in Never-Before-Seen InteractionFor the first time, scientists have proven a phenomenon, called coherent scattering, experimentally with the world's smallest neutrino detector.
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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Really Micro Machines: Molecular Cars Prep for First-Ever RaceTiny vehicles made from a single molecule will go head-to-head in the first ever NanoCar Race tomorrow.
By Edd Gent Published
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Physicists 'See' Location of 23,000 Single Atoms for First TimeFor the first time, scientists have seen the exact locations of more than 23,000 atoms in a particle that's small enough to fit inside the wall of a single cell.
By Jesse Emspak Published
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Is There an Element Zero?Is it possible to make an element zero? Does it already exist?
By Ross Pomeroy Published
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Tiny 'Atomic Memory' Device Could Store All Books Ever WrittenA 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.
By Charles Q. Choi Published
