(Nanowerk News) Molecules are so small that we cannot even see them with ordinary microscopes. This makes studying molecules or chemical reactions difficult: researchers are limited to either indirect ...

Physicists are now using a tightly controlled laser and a cloud of ultracold atoms to imitate the behavior of electrons in solids, effectively building a quantum version of electronics out of light ...

Nearly all computer models of molecules and materials are based on density functional theory (DFT) approximations. These methods help efficiently simulate the structure, energy, and properties of ...

The Bohr model, introduced by Danish physicist Niels Bohr in 1913, was a key step on the journey to understand atoms. Ancient Greek thinkers already believed that matter was composed of tiny basic ...

The temptation to be hyperbolic in my line of work is ever present. So when I write that Atoms 001 are probably the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn, it might be taken with a grain of salt.

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