(Nanowerk News) Since their invention in the 1930s, electron microscopes have helped scientists peer into the atomic structure of ordinary materials like steel, and even exotic graphene. But despite ...

A relatively new technique for studying atoms might shed more light on how life began on Earth. Scientists have used 3D atom mapping (specifically, atom probe tomography) to discover that the oldest ...

Update: This article was updated on Sept. 11, 2017 by Rachel Ross, Live Science Contributor. Imagine plopping an atom down on a scale. As you do so, skin cells that are trillions of atoms thick flake ...

Look closely and you'll see it: a pale, purple pixel hanging in a black field between two cylindrical needles.What looks like a shimmering speck of dust is actually something much, much smaller: a ...

Intel has a new 3D technology to allow for 3D chip stacking, despite previous problems with this type of capability. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...