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MIT's new method helps probe inside atom’s nucleus using electrons as 'messengers'MIT's new method helps probe inside atom’s nucleus using electrons a…

Developed by researchers at MIT, the method uses the atom’s own electrons as “messengers” within a molecule to help probe ...

With a new molecule-based method, physicists peer inside an atom's nucleus

Physicists at MIT have developed a new way to probe inside an atom's nucleus, using the atom's own electrons as "messengers" ...
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Google says its quantum computer can reveal the structure of molecules

A new quantum computing protocol may be able to augment a standard technique for understanding molecules in chemistry, ...

A 'seating chart' for atoms helps locate their positions in materials

If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light—which is a thousand times larger than ...
BBC

Atomic structure

The idea of the atom as the building block of matter has developed over time. What was thought of as a single particle about 1 × 10‾¹⁰ m across is now known to be a collection of smaller particles.
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A Forgotten 19th Century "Vortex" Model Of The Atom May Help Explain Why The Universe Exists At All

"They are the parents of all matter in the universe today, including our own bodies, while the knots can be thought of as our ...