Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists use electron ptychography to image hidden phason vibrations in 2D materials with record-breaking atomic resolution.

University of Washington researchers have discovered they can detect atomic "breathing," or the mechanical vibration between two layers of atoms, by observing the type of light those atoms emitted ...

Technology advances have steadily been implemented to improve the performance of commercial atomic force microscopes (AFMs) since the release of the first commercial model about 30 years ago. Now, the ...