Atomic-scale detail is now possible with photons, thanks to a cooled-down silver tip and a clever use of plasmonics.

Twisted 2D bilayers show angle dependent atomic vibrations, revealing how misalignment affects heat flow and aiding design of ...

Atoms are the building blocks of all matter, from the air we breathe to every cell in our bodies. Yet despite their presence everywhere, no one has truly seen an atom with the naked eye ,until ...

A new infrared imaging technique reveals sharp details in nanomaterials like graphene and gold particles by filtering out ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory go beyond breakthroughs to bring quantum innovation ...

Scientists use ptychography to capture atoms as they transfer heat, and learn that phasons dominate during thermal movement ...

Collaboration has always been a hallmark of space research. Experts in different disciplines come together to work toward a ...

A team of NYU chemists and physicists are using cutting-edge tools—holographic microscopy and super-resolution imaging—to unlock how cells build and grow tiny, dynamic droplets known as biomolecular ...

An attosecond—or 0.000000000000000001 second—is no time at all for a person. That is not so for electrons, atoms and ...

Long thought to be completely disordered, space ice appears to have some crystallized regions, new research suggests.

The "bunker busting" bombs dropped on Iranian nuclear sites last month by U.S. forces have degraded Tehran’s atomic program by up to two years, the Pentagon confirmed Wednesday.

Eighty years after the Trinity Test brought nuclear fallout to their communities, New Mexico residents living downstream of the test may finally be eligible for long-sought reparations. In the ...