New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

In a significant breakthrough for the scientific community, a new element has been confirmed on the periodic table. This ...

How do we calculate mass and atomic numbers? VideoHow do we calculate mass and atomic numbers? This video is an interactive lesson in calculating an atom's mass and atomic number.

Making electrons flow like a liquid is difficult, but inside graphene researchers forced them to move so fast that they ...

Researchers from EeroQ, the quantum computing company pioneering electron-on-helium technology, have published a paper, ...

Everything around us is built from sets of chemical elements. From the air we breathe to the jewelry we wear. All of these ...

So how do you get an electron to float on top of helium? To find out, Ars spoke with Johannes Pollanen, the chief scientific officer of EeroQ, the company that accomplished the new work. He said that ...

A research team in Kiel has demonstrated a previously unknown effect in graphene—a single layer of carbon atoms whose ...

The periodic table word search has become one of those go-to printables I keep on hand whenever we’re learning about chemistry. It’s simple, fun, and surprisingly effective at helping kids remember ...

Atoms are the building blocks of everything. Atoms can form strong bonds with each other, making molecules. Symbols and formulae Letters from the alphabet are used to represent chemical elements. An ...

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