Scientists found that four hydrocarbon molecules, known for their internal ring structure, have a lower threshold for the release of excess energy than molecules without a similar ring structure, ...

Lightning strikes across Earth could make ultrahot "killer electrons" rain down around our planet, according to new research from scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder. Due to this result, ...

Location of events: Geographic locations of each identified bouncing packet (red dots), with background magnetic field strength shown on the colour scale. White dashed lines are L-shell contours, ...

The inner Van Allen belt has less radiation than previously believed, according to a recent study. Observations from NASA's Van Allen probes show the fastest, most energetic electrons in the inner ...

When lightning strikes, the electrons come pouring down. In a new study, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder led by an undergraduate student have discovered a new link between weather on ...

Many of us learned in high school chemistry that the electrons around an atomic nucleus occupy different energy levels. The low-energy levels are known as the inner electron shells, and the ...

Inner core electrons are expected to have a peanut like wavefunction as is shown for Si 2 s electrons (right). In the C-C bond, however, the C1s electrons form a torus like feature of opposite ...

Lightning, when coupled with solar flares, can knock electrons flying above the Earth out of place. AP Photo/David Zalubowski There are trillions of charged particles – protons and electrons, the ...

One way to obliterate an atom is to shoot it with the planet's most powerful X-ray gun. Linda Young tried that experiment in October 2009, when she was testing the newly opened X-ray free-electron ...

When the laser pulse slammed into the neon atoms in that experiment, it made them explode, stripping away each atom's 10 electrons within 100 femtoseconds (1 femtosecond is 10 −15 seconds). But it was ...

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