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For the first time, physicists peer inside the nucleus of a molecule using electrons as a probe

A novel experiment has revealed a phenomenon called the Bohr–Weisskopf effect in a pear-shaped nucleus in a molecule for the ...
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J.J. Thompson Discovered the Electron — And Unknowingly Electrified Science Forever

By the late 1800s, the scientific world was buzzing with questions about electricity and light. Several researchers were ...

This Quantum Electron Breakthrough Could Make Computers Faster Than Ever Before

Auburn University scientists have developed a new class of materials that allow precise control over free electrons, potentially transforming computing and chemical manufacturing. Imagine a future ...

Scientists Solve Decades-Old Puzzle of Electron Emission

What occurs when electrons escape from a solid material? Though it may appear straightforward, this process has long resisted ...
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MIT’s new method helps probe inside atom’s nucleus using electrons as ‘messengers’

Scientists have developed a new method that can help them probe inside atom’s nucleus. Developed by researchers at MIT, the ...
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This is the first X-ray taken of a single atom

Atomic-scale imaging emerged in the mid-1950s and has been advancing rapidly ever since—so much so, that back in 2008, physicists successfully used an electron microscope to image a single hydrogen ...

Team reviews 2024 photonics advances, including free-electron coupling with nonlinear optical states

Nonlinear optical dynamics—intensity-dependent response of light upon interaction with materials under high-intensity light ...