It's difficult to know for sure how many electrons are in the Universe. British physicist Arthur Eddington (1882-1944) came up with a number in 1938, now known as the 'Eddington number'. Eddington’s ...

A researcher at the Department of Physics at Tohoku University has uncovered a surprising quantum phenomenon hidden inside ordinary crystals: the strength of interactions between electrons and lattice ...

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Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether in a physics class, in the lab, or in popular science writing, is left ...

Es gibt zwei grundlegende Möglichkeiten, eine Windows-ISO-Datei auf einem Desktop anzuwenden: eine Reparaturinstallation oder eine Installation durch Starten von einem Datenträger, der den Inhalt der ...

Researchers have developed the most powerful ultrashort electron beam to date using a novel laser shaping technique. This unlocks new experiments in fields from astrophysics to quantum chemistry.

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Scientists have set up and observed a single electron bond between two carbon ...

If there’s one thing developers agree on about cross-platform applications, it’s that it’s easier to create a GUI with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript than to use one of the many cross-platform frameworks ...

Chemists at Hokkaido University have experimentally confirmed the existence of a single-electron carbon-carbon bond for the first time (Nature 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07965-1). Linus Pauling ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Researchers have just found evidence of “dark electrons”—electrons you can’t see ...

Left: A conceptual representation of Attomicroscopy; Right: The device and its surrounding equipment.Mohammad Hasan/University of Arizona Researchers at the University of Arizona have created the ...