The question of what protons or neutrons are made up of has an apparently simple answer: quarks and gluons. However, when it comes to atoms’ third component, electrons, the answer is not as easy.

Use what you know about electrons, protons, and charges to explain why this happens. When you rub the balloon on your hair or clothes it picks up extra electrons, giving the balloon a negative charge.

However, electrons move around very rapidly in physical and chemical processes, making them difficult to study. To investigate these processes, scientists use spectroscopy, ...

Explain to students that the two electrons in the bond between the hydrogen atom and the oxygen atom can be thought of as “belonging” to each atom. This gives each hydrogen atom two electrons in its ...

The 'attomicroscope' consists of two sections. The top converts is an ultraviolet pulse that release ultra fast electrons inside the microscope, while the bottom section uses another two lasers to ...

A condition long considered to be unfavorable to electrical conduction in semiconductor materials may actually be beneficial ...

Three scientists who experimentally probed the blurry realm of the electron have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics.Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier were honored for ...

In order to develop improved electrolyzers for regenerative hydrogen production, the processes on the surfaces of the metal ...

"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic pinball" that influences space weather around our planet.