Quantum computers based on ions or atoms have one major advantage: the hardware itself isn’t manufactured, so there’s no ...

MIT scientists used radium monofluoride atom to observe electrons entering atomic nuclei, revealing new details of nuclear magnetism.

Having good neighbors can be very valuable—even in the atomic world. A team of Amsterdam physicists was able to determine an ...

A single atom of silver working in synergy with carbon and nitrogen atoms can efficiently convert polluting nitrogenous waste ...

Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has ...

Remarkably, even though radioactivity is a threat to life, scientists can control and use it to diagnose and treat diseases – ...

Scientists have developed a new method that can help them probe inside atom’s nucleus. Developed by researchers at MIT, the method uses the atom’s own electrons as “messengers” within a molecule to ...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Tropical Forest Ecology, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, WSU, Australian National University Hannah Jayne Carle is affiliated with the Queensland Permanent ...

The "woody biomass" of trees in Queensland's wet tropical rainforests has shifted from being a carbon sink to a carbon source. A new study analysing 49 years of data from 20 sites indicated carbon is ...

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