A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the ...

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

There is no measurement that can directly observe the wave function of a quantum mechanical system, but the wave function is still enormously useful as its (complex) square represents the probability ...

PCI Government Services VP Paul Rempfer, a GovCon Expert, explains how Golden Dome is reshaping defense contracting.

The LCLS-II X-ray laser is unprecedentedly bright, and will make it possible to record exactly what atoms and molecules do during photosynthesis and other chemical reactions ...

When Thomas Alva Edison was painstakingly testing carbonized filaments for his early light bulbs in 1879, he was chasing a ...

Tiny tubes just one atom thick, long thought to be the product of high‑tech laboratories, have turned up in a scoop of dirt ...

A new chart for highly charged ions (HCIs) has been proposed, aiming to replicate the conventional periodic table’s ...

The energy state of an atom is denoted by its principal quantum number, designated n, which defines the probability of ...

ABSTRACT: Sadi Carnot entered the Paris Polytechnic School at a very young age. Having been born in 1796, in 1812, he entered that renowned educational institution. He studied mainly physics and ...

During chemical reactions, atoms in the reacting substances break their bonds and re-arrange, forming different chemical products. This process entails the movement of both electrons (i.e., negatively ...

In 1929, Ernest Orlando Lawrence invented the cyclotron: a compact, efficient particle accelerator that used magnets. Two years later, he founded what ...