A new analysis reveals what happens when very short or narrow electron beams encounter a particle. The research is published ...

Scientists have made the first experimental observation of matter wave diffraction in a short-lived electron-positron atom.

Physicists have proposed a way to extract the internal quantum states of electron wave packets by analyzing how those packets ...

Atomic clocks exploit the properties of atoms to create incredibly precise 'ticks.' Nate Phillips, NIST Most clocks, from ...

Working on the nanoscale for manufacturing poses some unique challenges. While many macroscale manufacturing methods such as lithography and additive manufacturing have been successfully translated ...

Electron impact ionisation processes are fundamental interactions in which an energetic electron collides with an atom or ion, resulting in the ejection of one or more electrons. These mechanisms are ...

A single gold nanorod, far smaller than a wavelength of visible light, can be coaxed into emitting circularly polarized ...

In a breakthrough that brings nanoscience one step closer to precise control of chemical reactions, a team of researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of ...

Electron beams (cyan haze in top left) are routinely used to determine the molecular structures of biomolecules in cryo-electron microscopy ...