It has been revealed that simply twisting and stacking two layers of oxide crystals can allow the atomic arrangement itself ...

A new method will enable researchers to directly observe and capture atomic motions at surfaces and interfaces in real time. One of the most enduring "Holy Grail" experiments in science has been ...

Michigan Tech’s new Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope lets researchers zoom in to understand the big picture at the atomic scale. Housed in a specially constructed brick building at the south ...

Researchers from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have stretched a chain of gold ...

Scientists discover that critical temperature remains constant across interface superconductors regardless of changes in electron doping levels, challenging leading theories. Superconductors carry ...

More than 400 years have already passed since human beings invented the microscope, a technique for observing the microscopic world. The exploration of microscopic world using microscopes has been the ...

An atomic force microscope can be used as a single-electron current meter, according to new experiments by researchers at IBM. The technique, which measures the energy levels of single molecules on ...