The origin of magic numbers: Why some atomic nuclei are unusually stable

For the first time, physicists have developed a model that explains the origins of unusually stable magic nuclei based ...
Nature

The atomic structure of a eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase complex

Figure 1: Subunit composition and atomic structure of the yeast OST complex. Notably, the transmembrane domain of the OST complex has a triangular shape in which Stt3 is in the centre, surrounded by ...
PBS

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 ...
Phys.org

Framework sets new benchmarks for 3D atom maps in amorphous materials

Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA published a step-by-step framework for determining the three-dimensional positions and elemental identities of atoms in amorphous materials.