An atom is the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties. It is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. (Image: M ...

Ondrej Dyck, a researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, used a scanning transmission electron microscope to move single atoms in a two-dimensional layer of graphene, an approach that could build ...

Researchers have developed a way to visualise boron nitride layers that are one atom thick. These ultrathin sheets are typically almost impossible to detect with standard optical microscopes. The team ...

The tiny atom, the basic building block of everything, is itself almost nothing, but atoms form a crossroads where science ...

A chip smaller than one square millimeter stores 160 holographic images at arbitrary 3D coordinates, with each spatial ...

By forcing crystal structures to compete, scientists uncovered a new way to make magnetism twist. Florida State University ...

WHETHER you prefer your spaghetti al dente or soothingly soft, it can be difficult to achieve perfection at home. Many of us will have experienced our pasta disintegrating into a beige mush — ...

In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest ...

Physicists have long relied on elegant theorems to connect the abstract math of quantum theory with the tangible behavior of ...

In a quiet lab at Argonne National Laboratory, Saw-Wai Hla and his team were huddled around their instruments late one night when they detected the spectral signature they had been searching for. The ...

Through a recent notice, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has ...