In atomic theory and quantum mechanics, an atomic orbital is a mathematical function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom. This function can be used to calculate ...

Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts students played Battleship with periodic tables to review electron configurations during class Oct. 6. Students had to give the corresponding electron ...

Up on Oxford Street, beyond Mallinckrodt and the University Museum, construction is proceeding on a unique project that will probably prove one of the most valuable experimental devices yet conceived ...

Nancy Mills works for The Australian Synchrotron. Depending on the speed of the particles, the radiation released can be infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or X-rays of varying energy. So how do ...