I love thinking about things I can’t see with just my eyes. Like the atoms that make up everything. I asked my friend Fred Gittes how to figure out the number of atoms in a leaf. He’s a physicist at ...

Counting Atoms That Aren't There, In Stars That No Longer Exist Date: January 30, 2004 Source: Argonne National Laboratory Summary: Argonne scientists, in collaboration with colleagues at the ...

Chris Jeynes works for the University of Surrey Ion Beam Centre which receives funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and others for ion implantation and ion beam analysis ...

The need for a physical constant quantifying a reference amount of substance is a manifestation of the atomic nature of matter. At the basis of the concept of a 'quantity constant' lies the law of ...

In my previous blog, Reading the tea leaves, I stated that: “it is impossible to divide an atom in two while maintaining a non-explosive environment”. John Michael Williams, Senior Adjunct Faculty at ...

This press release is available in German. Glass fiber cables are indispensable for the internet – now they can also be used as a quantum physics lab. The Vienna University of Technology is the only ...

CBSE Class 12 Physics Atoms Formula list: The class 12 Physics CBSE Board Exam is one of the toughest board exams with the most critical question paper. A lot of effort and time goes into preparing ...

How many atoms are there in a kilogram of silicon? This number is Avogadro’s constant and working out its value is one of the more important tasks that materials scientists face. Today, a group of ...