Probing the vibration of atoms provides detailed information on local structure and bonding that define material properties.

It may sound like an oxymoron, but this massive nanoparticle made up of 7,000 sodium atoms is the largest to exhibit such ...

Rechargeable electric power isn’t a new concept. By 1900, there were actually more electric-hybrid cars on roads in the ...

New first-principles simulations reveal how metallic surfaces reshape nanoscale vibrational imaging, advancing the ...

At the nanoscale all atoms vibrate. These vibrations define heat dissipation, chemical reactions, and material properties. The different ways in which ...

After years of confusion, a new study confirms the proton is tinier than once thought. That enables a test of the standard model of particle physics.

The National Nuclear Security Administration has announced a new Focused Investigatory Center at Michigan State University in ...

Although superfluids flow indefinitely, scientists just witnessed one stopping. It could be evidence of a superfluid ...

As much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen may be in Earth’s core, scientists reported, suggesting most of Earth’s water was ...

Maize farmers in Peru’s Chincha Valley were fertilizing their crops with seabird poop as early as the year 1250 ...

Before the RHIC shut down, it was the only operational particle collider in the U.S. and one of two heavy-ion colliders in the world, the other being the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland.