Traditional atomic clocks are enormous ... "Fullerene" refers to its specific structure, resembling a "cage" of carbon atoms with a nitrogen atom enclosed inside. This name is inspired by ...

Researchers have uncovered a way to manipulate DNA at the atomic level using electric field gradients to control nitrogen ...

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers are atomic-scale defects in the lattice structure of diamond. They consist of a substitutional nitrogen atom adjacent to a vacant lattice site. NV centers have emerged as ...

Researchers use atomic force microscopy to image the chemical structure of the small ... to distinguish a carbon atom from an oxygen or a nitrogen or a sulfur atom, for example.