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Nano-Device Accurately Moves Single Electrons at 1 Billion Per Second
Science For about 60 years, we've defined the amp--the power of an electrical current--by using mechanical processes, i.e., processes not defined in nature. And for the most part… For about 60 years,...
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The Simplest Periodic Table We've Ever Seen
Science No numbers, just dots In this beautiful, easy-to-read periodic table, created by London-based graphic designer Alison Haigh, each element is represented by a visualization of its electronic…
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This Bacterium Shoots Out Wires From Its Body To Power Itself
Science One day, bacteria like this could go into biological-silicon circuits. One day, bacteria like this could go into biological-silicon circuits. One day, bacteria like this could go into...
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Experimental Particle Accelerator Boosts Electrons On A Wave
Science Surf's up at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California. The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's linear accelerator cuts through the grass and trees just west of Stanford...
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Light Photographed As A Wave And A Particle For The First Time
Science Seeing is believing Scientists have long known that light can behave as both a particle and a wave—Einstein first predicted it in 1909. But no experiment has been able to show light in both…
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How To Build Your Own Particle Detector
DIY Watch particles zip through your living room Machines designed to reveal subatomic particles operate on huge scales. Detectors at the Large Hadron Collider weigh thousands of tons, contain...
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NASA Could Soon Launch A Giant Solar Sail Beyond Our Solar System
Space Raise the e-sail We’ve all seen Bill Nye’s Lightsail expedition, but now our friends at NASA are stepping in to take things a bit further. In this year’s round of NASA Innovative Advanced…
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Which is More Powerful: A Giant Microscope or a Giant Telescope?
Technology A battle of resolution The Scanning Transmission Electron Holography Microscope stands 15 feet tall and weighs 14,000 pounds. It can image at an unprocessed resolution of 35 trillionths of...
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In A New State Of Matter, Electrons Can Break Into Pieces
Science And here you thought there were just solids, liquids, and gases Researchers have observed Majorana fermions, proving that a quantum spin liquid can exist.
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3D Holograms Of Atoms Offer A Glimpse Inside Molecules
Science To understand a molecule, you need to know the lay of its atoms A new imaging technique is letting scientists peek inside molecules to get a better read on how their atoms are arrayed.
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