New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky Way on a cosmic "conveyor belt," before eventually returning to our galaxy ...

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new thermometer using atoms boosted to such high energy levels that they are a thousand times larger than normal.

Researchers at the University of Basel have shown that quantum systems can have antagonistic interactions, too—one agent ...

US and Canada-based scientists revealed in a recent study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters that up to 18% of ...

Carbon, essential for life, journeys through space in a galactic recycling process, fueling star and planet formation.

A classic quantum experiment that shows how particles can behave like waves has been demonstrated with atoms for the first time, something that was thought to be impossible. The finding could be used ...

Scientists have demonstrated that atoms can exhibit wave-like behavior, challenging long-held assumptions that experiments of this nature were impossible and opening new doors in quantum physics.

For the first time, atoms of the metal indium have been chilled to temperatures a few millionths of a degree above absolute ...

New LIBS microscope developed by French deep tech startup hastens atomic composition analysis to a few minutes instead of hours.