A cloud of helium atoms split, scattered and fell under gravity, yet still behaved as if its parts were linked. That is the heart of a new experiment from the Australian National University, where ...

In a landmark experiment that bridges a century of quantum theory and modern technology, physicists have, for the first time, directly observed individual free-range atoms interacting in open space.

Covalent bonds, in which two atoms are bound together by sharing a pair of electrons, form the scaffolding that underpins the majority of organic compounds. In 1931, the Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...