Scientists from MIT have modeled an elusive superconductor using a much larger stand-in. By shaping atoms with lasers and ...

A discovery by Rice University physicists and collaborators is unlocking a new understanding of magnetism and electronic ...

These quantum numbers and rules simply determine the number of electron orbitals and the allowed occupancy of each orbital. Imagine a New Universe – let’s call it Joetopia – where there are different ...

Atomic orbitals are the basic building blocks of the atomic orbital model (alternatively known as the electron cloud or wave mechanics model), a modern framework for visualizing the submicroscopic ...

In school, you probably learned that an atom was like a little solar system with the nucleus as the sun and electrons as the planets. The problem is, as [The Action Lab] points out, the math tells ...

The motion of the selenium atoms (red) changes the energy of the electron orbitals of the iron atoms (blue), and the resulting electron vibrations are recorded separately with a technique called ...

Rice University researchers found that localized electrons drive magnetism in iron-tin thin films, reshaping theories on ...

Study at Rice University reveals localized electrons than mobile electrons, drive magnetism in kagome magnets, specifically ...

Researchers uncover novel magnetic and electronic properties in thin films of kagome magnets. Physicists at Rice University and their collaborators have made a discovery that sheds new light on ...

Metallic nanoparticles, consisting of a few to several thousand atoms or simple molecules, are attracting significant ...

Bismuth is an example of a diamagnetic material, yet this is not the behavior we would expect from the element's electron configuration ... subdivided into levels called the s, d, p and f orbitals.