A study reveals that gold possesses an unexpected "self-defense" system at the atomic level that prevents oxygen from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists uncover how gold atoms rearrange to form a protective barrier, keeping the metal shiny and opening new paths for ...

Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions. To build a clock, you need something that ticks in a perfectly repeatable way.

At 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, briefly became a furnace unlike any on Earth’s surface. The world’s first nuclear bomb test vaporized steel, copper, cables, ...

Researchers with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures ...

MIT researchers found that metals retain hidden atomic patterns once believed to vanish during manufacturing. These patterns arise from microscopic dislocations that guide atoms into preferred ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a powerful imaging technique that reveals atomic scale defects inside computer chips for the first time. Using an advanced electron microscopy method, ...

Gold has long stood apart from other metals. It does not rust like iron or tarnish like silver. Its shine endures across centuries, even in open air. For years, scientists believed this stability came ...