Science Daily

Using ions to find molecules

When we think of ions, we usually think of single atoms that have lost or gained some electrons, but entire molecules can also become ions. Physicists now show that cold molecular ions can be created ...
Science Daily

Physicists find a way to control charged molecules -- with quantum logic

Physicists have solved the seemingly intractable puzzle of how to control the quantum properties of individual charged molecules, or molecular ions. The solution is to use the same kind of 'quantum ...

Ultracold potassium-cesium molecules assembled in absolute ground state

Researchers from Hanns-Christoph Nägerl's group have produced the world's first ultracold KCs molecules in their absolute ...
EurekAlert!

Looking at Atoms in Molecules to Make Cleaner Fuels from Petroleum

CFN staff and users from ExxonMobil have developed a new approach to identifying atoms that are neither carbon nor hydrogen within a specific type of molecule in crude oil. Atoms like nitrogen and ...
Futurism

Self-Organizing Molecules Could Store Data in Individual Atoms

In data storage, the perpetual goal is to find ways to store greater amounts of information on devices that take up less physical space. Taken to its extreme end, that goal recently has led to ...
SpaceNews

Noisy pictures tell a story of ‘entangled’ atoms, JILA physicists find

Patterns of noise–normally considered flaws–in images of an ultracold cloud of potassium provide the first-ever visual evidence of correlated ultracold atoms, a potentially useful tool for many ...
UPI

Chemists find better way to manipulate 3D structure of molecules

Sept. 21 (UPI) --Scientists have developed a more efficient and effective way to manipulate the 3D structure of molecules, a breakthrough that could improve the process of discovering and designing ...
Salon

Ever wonder how your body turns food into fuel? We tracked atoms to find out

Inside our bodies at every moment, our cells are orchestrating a complex dance of atoms and molecules that uses energy to create, distribute and deploy the substances on which our lives depend. And it ...

Chemists find clues to the origins of buckyballs in space

Far from Earth, in the vast expanses of space between stars, exists a treasure trove of carbon. There, in what scientists call the "interstellar medium," you can find a wide range of organic molecules ...
EurekAlert!

Using ions to find molecules

When we think of ions, we usually think of single atoms that have lost or gained some electrons, but entire molecules can also become ions. In a new publication that was highlighted as an Editor’s ...
Nanowerk

Physicists find a way to control charged molecules - with quantum logic (w/video)

(Nanowerk News) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicists have solved the seemingly intractable puzzle of how to control the quantum properties of individual charged molecules, ...