Atoms

A simple, inexpensive way to make carbon atoms bind together

An image of tert-butane, the simplest quaternary carbon. Credit: Scripps Research The active ingredient in many drugs is what's known…

3 months ago

Artificial Atoms Unlock Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Hybrid integration of a designer nanodiamond with photonic circuits via ring resonators. CreditSteven Burrows/Sun GroupJILA breakthrough in integrating artificial atoms…

4 months ago

Ingenious New Method Measures the 3D Position of Individual Atoms

Researchers have devised a method to accurately measure an atom’s three-dimensional position with a single image, revolutionizing quantum mechanics experiments…

4 months ago

Strange New Kind of Magnetism Found Lurking In Material Just Six Atoms Thick : ScienceAlert

More than half a century ago, Japanese physicist Yosuke Nagaoka theorized a way a magnetic field might expand from meandering…

5 months ago

Chemists Have Just Tied The Tightest Knot Ever, Made of Just 54 Atoms : ScienceAlert

Scientists have accidentally tied the smallest and tightest knot ever, overtaking the top spot in the Guinness Book of World…

5 months ago

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