Scientists have made leaps and bounds in bending atoms to their will, making them into everything from ultraprecise clocks to ...

One peek at the ion isn’t enough; scientists checked repeatedly if the calcium ion was bright or dark, proving that they had ...

A 40-atom gold nanocluster breaks from gold's signature dense packing, forming square atomic planes with a central channel that accelerates electron relaxation about 80x.

Normally, when liquids solidify, their molecules become locked in place, making it much harder for ions to move and leading ...

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Water is all around us, yet its surface layer—home to chemical reactions that shape life on Earth—is surprisingly hard to study. Experiments at SLAC's X-ray laser are bringing it into focus.

Scientists have uncovered that some atoms in liquids don't move at all—even at extreme temperatures—and these anchored atoms dramatically alter the way materials freeze. Using advanced electron ...

We're part of an international team of scientists behind the creation of a new family of organic materials that can conduct ...