Listening to the atom group chat
Scientists overhear the chatter of atoms exchanging quantum information.
Dutch and German researchers have intercepted a “chat” between two atoms, which may have interesting implications for...
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Measuring lead nucleus tells of neutron stars
A neutron skin behaviour that affects atoms and stars.
Physicists have just collected the most accurate measurement of the thickness of the neutron ‘skin’ of a lead (Pb) nu...
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A single glowing atom
An ion trap reveals an imprisoned atom of strontium.
The small bright dot visible in the centre of the image is a single positively-charged strontium atom. Credit: David ...
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Why is a neutron heavier than a proton?
The slightest difference makes them weapons of mass creation.
Galileo famously wrote that the book of nature is “written in mathematical language”. It’s true that numbers crop up ...
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Chemical bond makes giant butterfly molecules
An electron corrals a nearby atom closer, creating a giant molecule.
Physicists built a new, supersized molecule made of atoms held together by a far-roaming electron – like a flock of s...
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Pear-shaped nuclei help search for antimatter
Discovery of an extremely rare, bulged atomic nucleus.
Physicists have found an isotope of the element barium with an extremely rare pear-shaped nucleus – and it’s unlike a...
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Time travel and the single atom
Researchers confirm a profound experiments of quantum physics.
Andrew Truscott (left) and Ph.D. student Roman Khakimov have conducted an experiment that seems to show the past beha...