MIT physicists developed a way to probe inside an atom’s nucleus, using the atom’s own electrons as “messengers” within a ...

Electricity is the lifeblood of modern life, but even the most efficient power lines lose energy along the way. For decades, ...

MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei, replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup. By studying radium monofluoride, ...

Physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a revolutionary way to look inside an atom’s ...

The hyperfine structure of radium monofluoride has been measured by researchers in the US and elsewhere with such precision ...

MIT scientists used radium monofluoride atom to observe electrons entering atomic nuclei, revealing new details of nuclear magnetism.

For the first time, a research team from the University of Cologne has observed the electron capture decay of technetium-98, ...

Nonlinear optical dynamics—intensity-dependent response of light upon interaction with materials under high-intensity light ...

Researchers uncover how the surface structure of silver iodide at the atomic scale triggers ice formation in clouds, ...

What occurs when electrons escape from a solid material? Though it may appear straightforward, this process has long resisted ...

(THE CONVERSATION) X-ray beams aren’t used just by doctors to see inside your body and tell whether you have a broken bone. More powerful beams made up of very short flashes of X-rays can help ...