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Erasure correction cooling Left to right: Adam Shaw, Ivaylo Madjarov and Manuel Endres work on their laser-based apparatus at Caltech (Courtesy: Caltech) In atom-based quantum technologies, motion is ...

A study from Indiana University has found evidence that extremely small changes in how atoms move in bacterial proteins can play a big role in how these microorganisms function and evolve. The ...

A joint research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory has achieved precise control and real-time observation of ...

"Elusive atomic motion captured by electron microscopy." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 05 / 170509093614.htm (accessed November 5, 2025).

The quantum world has a reputation for being elusive, but physicists are now starting to watch it unfold in real time. For the first time, researchers have directly imaged the restless motion of atoms ...

Researchers turned a paramagnetic material into a magnet by manipulating electrons' spin via atomic motion. Quantum materials hold the key to a future of lightning-speed, energy-efficient information ...

New method simulates electronic friction effects on quantum motion, explaining hydrogen diffusion on copper with relevance to catalysis and energy storage. (Nanowerk News) George Trenins and Mariana ...

Researchers developed an optical method with record sensitivity to detect ultra-weak atomic motion, enabling new ways to study ultrafast processes in materials. (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers ...

A new ultrafast imaging technique that captures the motion of atoms in nanoscale electronic devices has revealed the existence of a short-lived electronic state that could make it possible to develop ...

June 27 (UPI) --Scientists have for the first time captured atomic nucleation in 4D, the movement of atoms across space and time. Nucleation is the coalescence of atoms and molecules that happens as ...