The latter figure is based on a mass spectrometric investigation of boron trifluoride 1, a notoriously troublesome compound, in view of its adsorption characteristics resulting in instrumental ...

More than ten years ago, researchers at Rice University led by materials scientist Boris Yakobson predicted that boron atoms would cling too ...

Intercrystals" pave the way for greener electronics and quantum technologiesRutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have ...

In the beginning, says one school of cosmology, there was “ylem”*: a featureless mass of protons and neutrons ... neutrons and smaller sub-atomic particles, its temperature was about i billion ...

Their similar charge and atomic structure mean that rare earth elements can often be used interchangeably within a crystal ...

The juxtaposition of the two findings highlights both the promise and the challenge of working with boron at the atomic scale: its versatility allows for surprising structures but also makes it ...

The scalable method for creating 2D copper boride developed by Professor Mark Hersam could lead to breakthroughs in energy ...

The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these ...

The new clock is so reliable that it would be off by less than a second if it had started running 100 million years ago, ...