Scientists Capture the X-ray Fingerprint of a Single Atom for the First Time — And This Could Change Everything
The achievement has potential implications from medicine to materials science.
Tag: atom
Chemists use soccer-ball-shaped molecules to form the first one-dimensional gas
University of Nottingham scientists created a one-dimensional gas by trapping krypton atoms in carbon nanotubes, offering new insights into atomic ...
What are isotopes: everything you need to know
Calling them 'fatter atoms' is considered rude.
The Plum Pudding Model: how a flawed idea was instrumental in our understanding of the atom
The tale of how an old British cake influenced leading physicists.
What is the Electron Cloud Model: this is how electrons inside an atom really behave
From the ancient Greeks to quantum mechanics, the model of the atom has gone through many iterations.
What are the strong chemical bonds?
They really tie the room together.
Researchers create gigantic atom filled with 100 other atoms
No fat shaming in physics!
![The image caption reads: "In the center of the picture, a small bright dot is visible – a single positively-charged strontium atom. It is held nearly motionless by electric fields emanating from the metal electrodes surrounding it. […] When illuminated by a laser of the right blue-violet color, the atom absorbs and re-emits light particles sufficiently quickly for an ordinary camera to capture it in a long exposure photograph.
This picture was taken through a window of the ultra-high vacuum chamber that houses the trap. Laser-cooled atomic ions provide a pristine platform for exploring and harnessing the unique properties of quantum physics. They are used to construct extremely accurate clocks or, as in this research, as building blocks for future quantum computers, which could tackle problems that stymie even today’s largest supercomputers."](https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/cropatom-800x603.webp)
Scientists win photo contest with image of a single, trapped atom
A single atom, trapped in time and space.
We really are made of star stuff: half of the atoms inside us come from intergalactic space
Aside from the romantic aspect, the study also offers an important scientific perspective.
Single-atom magnets used to create data storage one million times more dense than regular hard disks
Scaled up, it will likely lose some efficiency -- but will still leave HDDs in the dust.
Tightest molecular knot could lead to better, stronger materials
It was made from strands made of over 190 atoms coiled around a triple loop which crosses itself eight times.
Scientists cool molecules just a hair over absolute zero (1,000,000 times colder than space)
In a breakthrough moment, researchers at MIT successfully cooled sodium potassium gas molecules (NaK) near absolute zero. At this temperature, ...
Coldest atom cloud in the world chills other matter close to absolute zero
For the first time, researchers at the University of Basel used an ultracool atomic gas to cool a very thin ...
Researchers capture sound from atoms, opening new doors to quantum research
On the right, an artificial atom generates sound waves consisting of ripples on the surface of a solid. The sound, ...
Nickel-78: a ‘doubly magic’ isotope
Some atoms are more stable than others, and the same goes for their isotopes - elements that have the same ...
Smallest Swiss cross made of only 20 atoms demonstrates atom manipulation at room temp
Some applications require such a degree of precision that everything needs to be in exact order at the atom-scale. In ...
High power laser hallows atom from the inside out
An international team of physicists have used one of the world's most powerful lasers to create an unusual kind of ...
Scientists split an atom in two and then fuse it back together
Atom = at·om, noun \ˈa-təm\, from the greek ἄτομος (atomos) meaning "indivisible". Apparently the atom isn't that indivisible after all. Scientists at the University of ...
Captured: first ever images of atom moving inside a molecule
A Romanian scientist working at the University of Ohio captured the first-ever images of atoms moving within a molecule by ...
Atom nuclei can store information
In case you're wondering, what you're looking at is a silicon chip, only 1 millimeter square that was used by ...
Large Hadron Collider creates mini big bangs and incredible heat
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN has taken another step towards its goal of finding the so called 'god particle': ...
LHC produces first results
Since the Large Hadron Collider went back in business, all sort of rumors have been circling the scientific circles (and ...
New chemical element in the Periodic Table!
Were you one of those students who used to complain about all those chemical elements you had to study at ...
