Many heavy atomic nuclei are shaped more or less like squashed rugby balls than fully inflated ones, according to a ...

What makes some plastics stick to metal without any glue? Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have peered into the ...

String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply ...

THOUGH only twenty-five years have elapsed since in June 1912 the interference phenomena of X-rays on crystals were discovered by M. von Laue and his collaborators, experimentally determined atomic ...

Atomic and molecular physics it the study of the properties, dynamics and interactions of the basic (but not fundamental) building blocks of matter. A crucial component of this is understanding the ...

Scientists used molecular simulations to reveal how polymer chains adhere to alumina surfaces. Adhesion depends on both polymer chemistry and surface termination, with different responses before and ...

Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was roughly ...

Over a feverish 10-day period, scientists synthesized and described a new class of carbon molecules, called buckminster ...

Scientists have confirmed that a large crater in China’s southern Guangdong province formed as a result of an asteroid impact around 10,000 years ago, at a time when human civilisation was undergoing ...

A team of UC Riverside engineers has discovered why a key solid-state battery material stays remarkably cool during operation—a breakthrough that could help make the next generation of lithium ...

Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of protons and neutrons. This source of energy can be produced in two ways: fission – when nuclei of atoms ...

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 contains ...