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Molecular Light Absorbance and Fluorescence: Absorption and Emission Spectra Show Orbital Energies

By: Art Ayers

Invisibility - To Bend or Break from the Ether: Can Scientists Bend Light to Achieve a State of Being Invisible?

By: Don Kaiser

How Scanning Electron Microscopy Works: Differences Between Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopes

By: Sarah Mikula

Is Cold Fusion Possible? Experiments in Low-energy Nuclear Reactions Continue

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

Can Hubble Space Telescope See Flag on the Moon? What Is the Smallest Detail HST Can Photograph on Lunar Surface?

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Obama Taps Steven Chu, Physics Nobel Laureate: The Science Behind Designated Energy Secretary Chu's 1997 Prize

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Operating A Nuclear Power Station: How the Energy in Uranium Atoms is Converted into Electricity

By: Anthony Toole

Dispersion & Refraction in Optics: Prisms and Raindrops Break White Light into Rainbows of Color

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Optics & Total Internal Reflection: Optical Physics, Fiber Optic Cables, Diamond Brilliance, & Rainbows

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Reflection of Light in Optics: Specular and Diffuse; Equality of Incident and Reflected Angles

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Refraction of Light: Refractive Index, Snell's Law in Optics, & Refracting Light in Media

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Properties of Fermions and Bosons: The Gray Area within Particle Classification

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Bose-Einstein Statistics: The Indian Contribution to Quantum Mechanics

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Beta Decay and the Weak Force: The Development of an Entirely New Physical Force

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Radioactivity and Alpha Particles: The Radioactive Decay Governed by the Strong Nuclear Force

By: Isaac M. McPhee

The Beginnings of Nuclear Physics: Bequerel, The Curies, Rutherford and Radioactivity

By: Isaac M. McPhee

The Discovery of the Neutron: James Chadwick's Remarkable Experiment

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Rutherford and the Atomic Nucleus: The Discovery of the Shape and Composition of the Atom

By: Isaac M. McPhee

The Discovery of the Electron: J.J. Thompson and the First Subatomic Particle

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Early Theories of Atomic Structure: Thomson's Plum Pudding & Rutherford's Nuclear Models of the Atom

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Bohr's Model of the Atom: Niels Bohr Uses Quantum Mechanics to Explain Atomic Structure

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

The Scale of Atoms: Gaining a Perspective of Atomic Sizes

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Brownian Motion and Atomic Theory: How a Botanist Helped to Prove that Atoms Exist

By: Isaac M. McPhee

John Dalton and Atomic Theory: A 19th Century Chemist Reinvigorates the Atom

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Ancient Theories of Atoms: The Study of the Smallest Things in the Ancient World

By: Isaac M. McPhee

Defining Quantum Mechanics: The Physics of the Smallest Things in the Universe

By: Isaac M. McPhee

The Basics of Nanotechnology: The Science of Manipulating Subatomic Objects

By: Isaac M. McPhee

What Are Electromagnetic Waves? Light & EM Spectrum from Oscillations in Electric & Magnetic Fields

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Infrared, Ultraviolet, & Visible Light, Radio Waves, & X-Rays

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Why Are Sunsets and Sunrises Red? Rayleigh Scattering From Atmospheric Particles

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

Why Is the Sky Blue? Rayleigh Scattering From Atmospheric Particles

By: Feature Writer Paul A. Heckert

What is Nanotechnology? Engineering Things that are Very Small

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Reflection vs. Refraction: When Light Interacts with Matter as a Wave

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

What is Osmosis? Entropy and the Self Organization of Solutions

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Alternative Energy: Possible Solutions to the Carbon Crisis

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

What does LASER stand for? What LASER Means and How it Works

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Why Do Power Lines Buzz? Corona Discharge

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Cooking with Light: How Do Microwaves Heat Food?

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

The Symmetry of Snowflakes: Ice Crystal Growth

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Physics: Thanksgiving Edition: The Physical Properties of Cranberry Sauce

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Electron Shells: The properties of electron shells, or orbitals, help determine the c

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

Facts About the Atom: Defining the basic building block of macroscopic matter

By: Katharine M. J. Osborne

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