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

The algorithms could also benefit AI by generating large, diverse datasets to train models or by enabling quantum-enhanced ...

A helium atom has two electrons in an energy level outside the nucleus. The atom is neutral as it has two positive protons and two negative electrons. A helium atom that has lost or gained an electron ...

A pulse of light sets the tempo in the material. Atoms in a crystalline sheet just a few atoms thick begin to move—not ...

Professor Dong-Myeong Shin and his team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) shed light on the contribution of ions in ...

The answer is not a simple particle but a composite entity. A polaron is formed when an electron strongly couples with the ...

By the late 1800s, the scientific world was buzzing with questions about electricity and light. Several researchers were ...

MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei, replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup. By studying radium monofluoride, ...

Atomic and molecular collision processes are the physical interactions of atoms and molecules when they are brought into close contact with each other and with electrons, protons, neutrons or ions.