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How Can You See an Atom? (video)

How Can You See an Atom? (video)

by American Chemical Society

Bestselling author Sam Kean takes us through the nearly 2,400-year quest to see the atom in a new episode of the Reactions sub-series, “Legends of Chemistry”

microscopic image of atom positions shown as pink and purple dumbell-like shapes at various angles on a black background

New Method Enables 3D Atom Mapping with Single Microscopic Image

by University of Bonn

Holographic image of an atom floating over a human hand

A New Quantum Approach to Solve Electronic Structures of Complex Materials

by Argonne National Laboratory

Periodic table with cesium highlighted

Unusual Atom Helps in Search for Universe’s Building Blocks

by University of Queensland

A cesium atom combined with a muon may prove to be a new tool to understanding the Universe

3D render of a simple molecule

Scientists Turn Single Molecule Clockwise or Counterclockwise on Demand

by Argonne National Laboratory

Controlling a europium molecule’s rotation could lead to advancements in microelectronics and quantum computing

Image of an atom made of light with spinning electrons

Dynamical Fractal Discovered in Clean Magnetic Crystal

by University of Cambridge

The new type of fractal appears in a class of magnets called spin ices

computer imagve of Atomic model or structure

Experiment Pushes Elements to the Limit

by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The result measure how long exotic nuclei can survive at the edge of stability

Computer render of atom with protons, neutrons, and electrons

Research Tests Fundamental Force Advancing Understanding of Universe

by University of New Hampshire

These results provide a benchmark for testing strong nuclear forces

Abstract image of blue particles moving on a black background

Fermi’s Groundbreaking Figure

How the radial wave function transformed physics

THree jars holding gold, silver, and copper samples

Real-Time Imaging of Dynamic Atom-Atom Interactions

by Tokyo Institute of Technology

Research could lead to rapid developments in nanoscience

Orange light orbiting a bright central light to represent an atom

Invisible Helium Atoms Provide Exquisitely Sensitive Test of Fundamental Theory

by Australian National University

Researchers have developed an incredibly sensitive method for measuring the potential energy of an atom

A computer representation of an atom on a dark background

How Ultracold, Superdense Atoms Become Invisible

by Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A new study confirms that as atoms are chilled and squeezed to extremes, their ability to scatter light is suppressed

A graphic image of a balance with an atom on either side where the more spaced out atom is heavier

A Doubly Magic Discovery

by Michigan State University Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

A nuclear mystery has been solved thanks to collaboration between theorists and experimentalists