A team of researchers at the University of Victoria (UVic) have achieved an advance in electron microscopy that will allow scientists to visualize atomic-scale structures with unprecedented clarity ...

Working on the nanoscale for manufacturing poses some unique challenges. While many macroscale manufacturing methods such as lithography and additive manufacturing have been successfully translated ...

Electron density prediction for a four-million-atom aluminum system using machine learning, deemed to be infeasible using traditional DFT method. × Researchers from Michigan Tech and the University of ...

Research suggests some metals’ semicore electrons may be more active on Earth’s surface than previously thought.

Discover how researchers achieved high-resolution atomic-scale images using low-cost electron microscopes, transforming ...

Inspired by an artist's stencils, researchers have developed atomic-level precision patterning on nanoparticle surfaces, ...

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 a small ball of negative charge that is smaller than an atom.

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 ...

The Bohr model, introduced by Danish physicist Niels Bohr in 1913, was a key step on the journey to understand atoms. Ancient Greek thinkers already believed that matter was composed of tiny basic ...

Speeding up chemical reactions is key to improving industrial processes or mitigating unwanted or harmful waste. Realizing these improvements requires that chemists design around documented reaction ...