(Nanowerk News) Atoms have been thoroughly researched, but they are still good for a surprise. Researchers of the Max Planck Advanced Study Group (ASG) at the Hamburg Center for Free-Electron Laser ...

An exotic and extremely rare nuclear decay that involves the simultaneous capture of two atomic electrons by a xenon-124 nucleus has been observed in a dark-matter detector. Physicists in the XENON ...

Noble gases have a reputation for being unreactive, inert elements, but more than 60 years ago Neil Bartlett demonstrated the first way to bond xenon. He created XePtF 6, an orange-yellow solid.

Recent advances in ultrafast laser technology have enabled detailed investigations into the ionisation and subsequent dynamics of xenon clusters when subjected to intense laser pulses. These studies ...