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Researchers Pin Down Atomic Pattern That Keeps Gold From Oxidizing

Simulations show a herringbone surface reconstruction blocks oxygen, offering a pathway to tune gold’s reactivity for catalytic use.

ANU Team Demonstrates Bell Correlations in Helium Atoms’ Motion

Hydrogen Spectroscopy Finds 0.8406 fm Proton Radius, QED Verified to 13 Decimal Places

Ultrafast X‑Ray Lasers Pinpoint Hybrid Structure in Superionic Water

NIST Restores U.S. Time After Colorado Outage Causes Microsecond Drift

Researchers Drive Thorium-229 Nuclei With Laser Inside Opaque Solid

Researchers Reveal 'Corralled Supercooled Liquid' in Molten Metal at the Nanoscale

TU Wien Explains Why Silver Iodide Works Only Sometimes in Cloud Seeding

UVic Team Uses Low-Energy SEM to Achieve 0.67 Å Atomic Imaging

Caltech Sets Record With 6,100-Qubit Neutral-Atom Array

Caltech Assembles Record 6,100-Qubit Neutral-Atom Array With High Coherence

AI Atomic Tomography Maps 3D Catalyst Degradation, Reveals Gallium Boosts PtNi Durability

Enhanced Dual-Comb Spectroscopy Reveals Previously Unknown Samarium Transitions

First Direct Images Reveal Quantum Dance in Complex Molecule

HeH+ Ion’s Reactivity Endured at Cryogenic Temperatures, Reframing Early-Star Cooling

MIT Ultracold-Atom Experiment Resolves Century-Old Einstein–Bohr Debate on Light Duality

NIST Aluminum Ion Clock Sets New Record With 19-Decimal Accuracy

Trump's Inauguration Speech Angers New Zealanders Over Atom-Splitting Claim

Breakthrough in Nuclear Clock Technology Promises Unmatched Precision