The atoms of a solid are strongly attracted to each other. Solids keep their shape because of these strong attractions. The atoms vibrate but do not move past each other.

This force is too weak to affect our daily lives, but when it comes to tiny particles such as atoms, it can be strong enough to hold them in place or move them from one location to another.

In 1986, American physicist Arthur Ashkin developed a fascinating tool that could gently pick and move microscopic objects ... a controlled transfer of atoms from one place to another via quantum ...

PNNL researchers visualized how atoms are rearranged during shear deformation by taking an extreme close-up look at a gold nano-crystal. In this video, each row of atoms is moved in a specific way ...

In a groundbreaking experiment at the Technion Faculty of Physics, researchers demonstrated the transfer of atoms via quantum ...

Researchers used optical tweezers to achieve quantum tunneling of atoms, a breakthrough with potential applications in ...

Inside a hunk of a material called a semimetal, scientists have uncovered signatures of bizarre particles that sometimes move like they have no mass, but at other times move just like a very massive p ...