In what could be a major step in that direction, researchers have developed a method that can determine the shape of a single molecule and identify its constituent atoms.

Molecules are made when two or more atoms chemically bond together. Atoms from different elements can combine. When the atoms are from different elements, the molecule can also be called a compound.

The lasers “poke” the molecules like the stylus on a record player and record them as the atoms move like a hula-hooper, he said. Each molecule is an individual, and has its own personality ...

Run into atoms as they float around the space station to collect them. The number of each atom collected is shown in the "Atoms Collected" area of the side panel. To create a molecule, make sure you ...

Physicists have used a scanning tunneling microscope to create a minute transistor consisting of a single molecule and a small number of atoms. The observed transistor action is markedly different ...

Molecules are made when two or more atoms chemically bond together. Atoms from different elements can combine. When the atoms are from different elements, the molecule can also be called a compound.