Traditionally, X-ray methods require at least 10,000 atoms to generate a detectable signal. This is because the X-ray signal ...

Helium leaks are hard to detect. Helium is odorless, colorless, tasteless, and does not react with other chemical substances.

The ultimate goal of materials scientists is to design and create materials with precise structures and tailored properties.

At the heart of every atomic nucleus, the strong interaction quietly dictates the structure of matter, yet for decades one of ...

Germany pivots to nuclear fusion, partnering with Focused Energy and RWE. Breakthroughs at Lawrence Livermore bring ...

Water rolls on h-BN but encounters friction on graphene. Atomic structure and substrate shape nanoscale movement, guiding advances in coatings and anti-icing surfaces.

Graz University of Technology and the University of Surrey show how water moves in surprisingly different ways on ultra-thin ...

The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of that intense pressure, materials can adopt unexpected structures and properties.

Things are looking up for Minnesota's nascent helium industry, because miners keep going down to find more of it. Nearly two years after first making the discovery with its Jetstream 1 well, engineers ...

In the 1960s, a group of physicists and historians began a massive project meant to catalogue and record the history of quantum physics. It was called Sources for History of Quantum Physics (SHQP). As ...

The Moon is drawing new attention—not for space exploration, but for resource extraction. A rare isotope called helium-3, embedded in its surface dust, has become a focus for governments, tech ...