Scientists have calculated how it is possible to look inside the atom to image individual electron orbitals. An electron microscope can't just snap a photo like a mobile phone camera can. The ability ...

SP hybridization occurs when one s orbital and one p orbital from the same atom combine to form two new orbitals of equal energy. These new orbitals are linearly oriented 180 degrees apart, leading to ...

This cartoon shows how x-rays (yellow zigzags) reveal information about atoms' electronic structure in a nickel-oxide superconductor, where nickel atoms have red electron orbitals and oxygen-atom ...