Prime numbers are sometimes called math’s “atoms” because they can be divided by only themselves and 1. For two millennia, mathematicians have wondered if the prime numbers are truly random, or if ...
Sealed Apollo 17 samples analyzed with new techniques reveal that the Moon's interior contains sulfur isotopes unlike those ...
New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...
Don’t ask, don’t tell” remains the unspoken rule for LGBT service members in Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Hiding their identity ...
A team led by Berkeley and GWU working with the U of A's Center for Manipulation of Atomic Ordering for Manufacturing Semiconductors confirmed that atoms in semiconductors arrange themselves in ...
Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...
Scientists reveal for the first time the atomic structure of liquid carbon, key to exoplanets and nuclear fusion.
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Cold atoms could also potentially measure much lower vacuum pressures than ion gauges can. The current lowest pressure they’ve reliably measured is around 10 -9 Pa, and NIST scientists are working on ...
Two-dimensional (2D) metals, similar to graphene, are one-atom-thick elemental metals that exhibit unique properties due to ...
The research on talking atoms was published on September 18 in the journal Science, and is an important step towards building large-scale quantum computers ...
Students at the National Institute of Technology, Maizuru College demonstrate and explain the interactive communication system for testimonial videos at the Memorial Museum for Soldiers, Detainees in ...