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How to Measure Nothing Better

Cold atoms could also potentially measure much lower vacuum pressures than ion gauges can. The current lowest pressure they’ve reliably measured is around 10 -9 Pa, and NIST scientists are working on ...
A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic ...
Three scientists, including one from the U.S., share the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing “metal-organic ...
A memory chip just 10 atoms thick has been tested in a lab and integrated into conventional chips, demonstrating a technology ...
The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal–organic frameworks: molecular structures that ...
Metal-organic frameworks can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny space—enabling advances that could help humans fight climate ...
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry Wednesday for their work developing metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), whose ...
Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Studying quantum phenomena—such as ...
The team genetically engineered fruit flies to make naked mole rat cGAS and found that they lived 70 days—10 days longer than ...
Three scientists shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work developing a new form of molecular architecture ...