New frontiers: the new cooling technique could lead to ultracold experiments across the periodic table. (Courtesy: iStock/Eyematrix) Researchers in Singapore have used a magneto-optical trap (MOT) to ...

Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air. Lost Science Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams ...

AILA is an AI lab assistant developed by researchers at IIT Delhi and collaborators, capable of performing scientific ...

The University of Wisconsin’s physics department was recognized for its experimentation and creation of one of the most highly-efficient atomic clocks ever. The optical lattice atomic clock is behind ...

Alloys created by mixing three atomic species (medium-entropy alloys, or MEAs) or five species or more (high-entropy alloys, or HEAs) have emerged as hot properties in materials science. In metallurgy ...

The results are an important stress test for theories and future experiments in atomic physics. 1.97007 femtometre (quadrillionths of a metre): That’s how unimaginably tiny the radius of the atomic ...

A delay in planned six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear activities appeared certain Thursday, with North Korea saying it won't talk until South Korea fully discloses the details of its secret ...

A team has succeeded in computing how atomic nuclei of the Calcium element behave in collisions with electrons. Results agree very well with available experimental data. For the first time, a ...

Researchers uncover how the surface structure of silver iodide at the atomic scale triggers ice formation in clouds, improving understanding of artificial rain and snow. (Nanowerk News) No one can ...

THIS little handbook, evidently the outcome of long experience in teaching young students, is primarily intended for science masters in secondary schools. It includes a well-selected and well-arranged ...

It's rare for a sitting U.S. president to issue any kind of apology, but on Oct. 3, 1995, Bill Clinton issued one to veterans and civilians involved in government-administered, human radiation ...