Seven years ago, a scientist accomplished what no one else had before: capturing an image of a single atom. This stunning ...

The photoelectric effect involves quantum particles of light (photons) interacting with electrons in atoms, molecules and ...

In September, Microsoft made an unusual combination of announcements. It demonstrated progress with quantum error correction, ...

Beyond the simplistic models of protons and neutrons clustered together like gumballs in a dispenser, the nucleus of a ...

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The simple reason is that it takes much more energy to excite a nucleus into a higher energy state than it does an atom. Atomic clocks typically excite cesium atoms with photons of energy 4 x 10-5 ...

Physicists have made a breakthrough in the development of a nuclear clock, a new kind of ultraprecise clock that could ...

The shape of nuclei affects all aspects The shape of a nucleus, the central core of an atom, plays a crucial role in nearly ...

The nucleus is the double membrane limited structure within an eukaryotic cell that contains the chromosomes, and where the DNA is replicated or transcribed into RNA. The membrane is perforated by ...

The most precise clocks in the world will lose only one second every 300 billion years—and someday they might fit in your ...