Colder than the coldest cold
Absolute zero is supposed to be the coldest cold — 0 Kelvin, the point where atoms stop moving. But researchers at the University of Munich say it's possible to get colder than that, an idea they've...
View ArticleKinetic energy, as illustrated by Disney
This is the difference between low kinetic energy (top) and high kinetic energy (bottom), as illustrated in the 1956 Disney book Our Friend the Atom. It may be useful in visualizing some of the ideas...
View ArticleIn the shadow of the atom
For once, "shadow of the atom" is not just a poetic metaphor for the nuclear age. The black dot at the center of this image is, literally, the shadow cast by a single atom of ytterbium, magnified 6500...
View ArticleWhat's inside us? Interactive quiz reveals the elemental you, including price...
The BBC's Making of Me and You asks a few questions about your age, volume and sex, and derives from that a chart describing your composition. We are all much alike, one presumes, but the details are...
View ArticleThis is the highest-resolution image of atoms ever seen
This is an image of the atoms in a praseodymium orthoscandate crystal, zoomed in 100 million times. It's the highest resolution image of atoms that humans have ever seen. Using an algorithm-powered...
View ArticleA Boy And His Atom is the world's smallest movie
A Boy And His Atom earned the Guinness World Records record for the "World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film." (See how it was created here). What you see on screen are individual carbon monoxide molecules...
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