A team of researchers in Austria has recently demonstrated that the world’s first nuclear clock could help answer whether the fine-structure constant changes over time. The scientists from the Vienna ...
Where the electrons hang out: This image depicts the radium atom’s pear-shaped nucleus of protons and neutrons in the centre, surrounded by a cloud of electrons (yellow), and an electron (yellow ball ...
In this video excerpt from NOVA's "Hunting the Elements," New York Times technology columnist David Pogue visits The Verdin Company, a manufacturer of bells, to learn about bronze. Find out how copper ...
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