What you’re looking at is the first direct observation of an atom’s electron orbital — an atom’s actual wave function! To capture the image, researchers utilized a new quantum microscope — an ...

The electrons that make up molecules are organized by energy in orbitals 1,2. Although total electron density in molecules is routinely measured by X-ray diffraction or electron scattering, only two ...

No one will ever be able to see a purely mathematical construct such as a perfect sphere. But now, scientists using supercomputer simulations and atomic resolution microscopes have imaged the ...

Ithaca, NY- While defects in a diamond are mostly undesirable, certain defects are a quantum physicist's best friend, having the potential to store bits of information that could one day be used in a ...

Alexey Petrov receives funding from US Department of Energy. What is the shape of an electron? If you recall pictures from your high school science books, the answer seems quite clear: an electron is ...