I spent last week at the 49th annual meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, with about 1200 other physicists who study the way atoms, ...

This image depicts the radium atom’s pear-shaped nucleus of protons and neutrons in the center, surrounded by a cloud of electrons (yellow), and an electron (yellow ball with arrow) that has a ...

Molecular Nanotechnology is characterized by its goal of atomic precision. It aims to design and build machinery and materials at the molecular level, enabling unprecedented control over physical ...

Making a connection: An artist's impression of a Rydberg atom bonded to an ion. (Courtesy: Danyel Cavazos) A novel type of molecule that is longer than some kinds of bacteria has been detected by ...

Physicists at MIT have developed a new way to probe inside an atom's nucleus, using the atom's own electrons as "messengers" within a molecule. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...