Chaos as a matter of direction: Researchers build layered material where order and disorder coexist

Some materials behave unexpectedly. They crack differently than expected, or react in ways that are hard to explain. The ...
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Atomic disorder strategy could help high-capacity batteries last longer

Researchers at UNIST, in collaboration with the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL) and KAIST, have introduced a novel ...

A New Kind of Atomic Clock Could Redefine the Second

Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future ...
Nature

The atomic structure of a eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase complex

Notably, the transmembrane domain of the OST complex has a triangular shape in which Stt3 is in the centre, surrounded by all other subunits (Extended Data Fig. 5a–c). TMH2–TMH4 of Ost3 pack against ...
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Rutherford and Bohr describe atomic structure

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 ...