News tagged with atomic size

Particle physics: 'Honey, I shrunk the proton'

Scientists lobbed a bombshell into the world of sub-atomic theory on Wednesday by reporting that a primary building block of the visible Universe, the proton, is smaller than previously thought.

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (63) | comments 42 | with audio podcast

Rresearchers achieves major step toward faster chips

New research findings could lead to faster, smaller and more versatile computer chips. A team of scientists and engineers from Stanford, the University of Florida and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the first to ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Trading carats for nanometers - and defective diamonds for crystal clear microscopy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Large, perfect diamonds are precious to almost all of us but to some scientists, it is the defects that really matter. This is because defects can form nanoscopic color centers, which play ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0