The efficiency of quantum computers, sensors and other applications often relies on the properties of electrons, including ...

Scientists have observed a brand-new and exotic atomic nucleus: aluminium-20. Unlike anything seen before, it decays through ...

Imagine the concrete in our homes and bridges not only withstanding the ravages of time and natural disasters like the ...

Atoms are the building blocks of all matter, from the air we breathe to every cell in our bodies. Yet despite their presence everywhere, no one has truly seen an atom with the naked eye ,until ...

Changing an atom in a molecule using light? This South Korean scientific breakthrough could revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry. Replacing a single atom in a molecule without altering the others ...

This progress means that, for the first time, complicated astrophysical events like shocks and turbulence can be studied in a ...

Atomic-scale detail is now possible with photons, thanks to a cooled-down silver tip and a clever use of plasmonics.

In an unexpected twist that links science, conservation, and global fraud, Sri Lanka’s leading herpetologist Dr. Anslem de Silva has found himself confronting a unique kind of biological piracy—this ...

Trudging through the ruins of Hiroshima after the US atom bombing four days before in 1945, five-year-old Masaki Hironaka clutched his mother's hand and silently vowed to protect her.

For almost 20 years, Motomachi High School in Hiroshima has tasked its art students with interviewing hibakusha -- atom bomb survivors -- and turning their harrowing testimonies into paintings.