Scientists at the University of California, Davis have successfully altered the LSD molecule slightly, creating a new ...

Astronomers have identified a magnetar named SGR 0501+4516 moving at over 110,000 mph (177,000 km/h). This type of neutron ...

Energy from the washers is transferred to the water. Molecules in the hot water are moving faster than the atoms in the spoon. Faster-moving water molecules strike the atoms of the spoon, transferring ...

To physicists, temperature is a measure of how fast atoms are moving, a reflection of their energy—and absolute zero is the point at which there is absolutely no heat energy remaining to be ...

Heating a substance makes its atoms and molecules move faster. This happens whether the substance is a solid, a liquid, or a gas. It’s not easy to see it happen in a solid but let’s try it for a ...

The covalent radius (a measure of how large individual atoms are) shows different trends if you are moving across a period or down a group. A comparison of the relative covalent radii of atoms is ...