For decades, scientists believed that lead-208, a "doubly magic" and highly stable atomic nucleus, was perfectly spherical.

New theoretical physics research introduces a simulation method of machine-learning-based effective Hamiltonian for ...

1 The electronic structure of sodium can also be shown in a diagram. Each dot represents an electron. Since the atomic number of oxygen is 8, it will have 8 protons in the nucleus. An atom of ...

Cadmium-based nanostructures are opening new possibilities in near-infrared (NIR) technology, from medical imaging to fiber ...

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Researchers demonstrate orbital hybridization in graphene-based quantum dots, revealing how anisotropic confinement ...

VantAI today unveiled Neo-1, the world’s most advanced atomistic foundation model and the first to unify de novo molecular generation with multimodal structure prediction, at NVIDIA GTC 2025.

Heavy water is a form of water with a unique atomic structure and properties coveted for the production of nuclear power and weapons. Like ordinary water—H 2 0—each molecule of heavy water ...

inferring the atomic structure from the experimentally measured electron wavefunction. This is a much more laborious and demanding task. The electron wavefunction at the plane where the electrons ...