One of the greatest revolutions in the field of pain medication was the isolation of morphine from the opium poppy in the ...

Hollow atoms are special atoms with multiple missing electrons in their inner shells, while their outer shells are still ...

Graphene crystals are atom-thick sheets of carbon atoms connected together in hexagons, like chicken wire.

Discovery of single atom structure leads to more efficient catalyst Date: January 14, 2019 Source: Virginia Tech Summary: The discovery shows an efficiency rate that is up to 25 times higher than ...

The Bohr model is a neat but quite imperfect depiction of the inner workings of an atom before things got too muddled up by quantum principles.

In the brain, our perception arises from a complex interplay of neurons that are connected via synapses. But the number and strength of connections between certain types of neurons can vary.

The first atom-level model of a DNA-packed viral capsid reveals genome structure and possible new drug targets, University of Illinois researchers report. Pictured, from left: physics professor ...

Atomic Theory: Structure of the Atom: Students use the terms isotope, atomic number, mass number, and atomic mass to determine the number of subatomic particles in an isotope of an element.