Extra silver atom sparks 77-fold increase in Ag nanocluster photoluminescence quantum yield

A team of researchers from Tohoku University, Tokyo University of Science, and the Institute for Molecular Science have ...

Why are elements like radium dangerous? A chemist explains radioactivity and its health effects

Unstable atoms emit fast-moving particles that can damage cells in the human body. Some atoms are far more unstable than ...

Atom-swapping blueprint could streamline synthesis of pharmaceutical building blocks

Researchers from NUS have pioneered a photocatalytic atom-swapping transformation that converts oxetanes into a variety of four-membered saturated cyclic molecules, which are key scaffolds in ...
Nanowerk

One silver atom makes nanoclusters 77 times brighter

Adding a single silver atom to a nanocluster increased its brightness 77 times, revealing how atomic design can power ...
Forbes

Atom Computing: A Quantum Computing Startup That Believes It Can Ultimately Win The Qubit Race

Atom Computing describes itself as “a company obsessed with building the world’s most scalable quantum computers out of optically trapped neutral atoms.” The company recently revealed it had spent the ...