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Record-Breaking “Watermelon” Nucleus Could Rewrite Atomic Science  SciTechDaily Source link

A cryogenic microscope that fits on a laboratory bench has now let scientists watch electrons shake graphene’s atoms in real time, revealing something called “phasons.” The work ties those shivers to the zero-resistance current and odd “strange metal” signals that appear when two graphene sheets are rotated by about 1.1° or what’s referred to as the “magic angle.” …

Atomic Vision Achieved: New Microscope Sees Light at 1-Nanometer Precision  SciTechDaily Source link

Atomic Space Batteries! – Dr. Robert O’Brien of USRA – YouTube Watch On On Episode 170 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by are joined by Dr. Robert O’Brien, director of the Center for Space Nuclear Research for the Universities Space Research Association, to discuss powering spacecraft by radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs). Powering spacecraft, …

A new experiment involving a network of entangled atomic clocks could finally help us test how quantum mechanics fits with general relativity. Quantum mechanics is our best understanding of the universe at atomic and subatomic scales. With it, we have revolutionized our understanding of physics on teeny tiny scales. General relativity – first outlined by Albert Einstein in 1915 – …

A chilling new study has confirmed the fears of generations – that children who grew up near a Missouri creek polluted by nuclear waste from the first atomic bomb project are suffering from elevated rates of cancer rates. The findings have been published this week in JAMA Network Open by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health …

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., speaks in favor of reauthorizing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in 2024. The legislation, which will benefit people sickened by radiation exposure in uranium mining and nuclear weapons testing, was included in the budget bill President Trump signed on July 4, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call …

Microscopes have long been scientists’ eyes into the unseen, revealing everything from bustling cells to viruses and nanoscale structures. However, even the most powerful optical microscopes have been limited by a fundamental physical rule known as the diffraction limit, which prevents them from clearly seeing anything smaller than about 200 nanometers—far too large to capture single atoms. This limitation has …

Time Just Changed Forever: World’s Most Precise Atomic Clock Redefines the Second With Mind-Blowing Accuracy Never Seen Before  Rude Baguette NIST Ion Clock Sets New Record for Most Accurate Clock in the World  National Institute of Standards and Technology (.gov) “These Clocks Just Changed Time Forever”: Global Team Unites Ten Ultra-Precise Devices Across Six Countries to Radically Redefine the Second  Sustainability Times World’s …