Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was roughly ...

In 1931, Harvey Elliott White developed a device that traced out the shapes of electron clouds by approximating solutions to ...

Researchers have used equipment originally intended for astronomy observation to capture transformations in the nuclear structure of atomic nuclei, reports a new study. A group of researchers have ...

A new machine learning algorithm could probe the quantum behavior of molecules, giving chemists a better ability to design new compounds from scratch. The AI system, with the ridiculous-sounding name ...

Vol. 357, No. 1755, Atomic, Molecular and Photon Collision Physics: New Challenges and New Opportunities (May 15, 1999), pp. 1359-1379 (21 pages) The role of atoms and related systems in external ...

IN connection with the problem of the constitution of the atom discussed in my letter to NATURE of March 24 last (vol. 107, p. 104), I should like to add a few complementary remarks about the manner ...