Everything in the universe has a lifespan—but what about atoms? This video explores the science of matter's smallest pieces ...

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

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.

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

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

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims ...