Global first: Physicists use light to reveal quantum vibrations in a superconducting material
Light can tell you a lot about what matter is doing. Visible light shows a surface. X-rays reveal…
New unified theory connects two fundamental domains of modern quantum physics
By bringing the long-standing and opposing views of quantum mechanics together to form a single cohesive theory, a…
Physicists Have Achieved Quantum “Alchemy” by Exciting Electrons to High-Energy States
A promising—and powerful—new engineering breakthrough could soon enable researchers to alter the properties of materials by exciting electrons…
Scientists discover ‘impossible’ quantum state at near absolute zero
Scientists have uncovered a previously unthinkable state of matter that challenges decades of assumptions about how electrons behave,…
LZ detector marks a new era in the search for light dark matter and neutrinos
Far beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, a tank of liquid xenon is quietly recording some of…
How do atoms form? A physicist explains where the atoms that make up everything around come from
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an…
MIT method can probe inside atom’s nucleus, uses electrons as messengers
Scientists have developed a new method that can help them probe inside atom’s nucleus. Developed by researchers at…
Quantum study cracks decades-old mystery of trapped quantum electrons
A team of researchers from TU Wien has shed new light on the behavior of electrons fleeing a…
Scientists are finally discovering why many satellites frequently fail
An image showing a Russian satellite orbiting the Earth. (Image source: WikiImages – Pixabay) Scientists have just solved…
Graphene Electrons Violate Fundamental Law of Physics
Scientists have detected a “Dirac fluid” in graphene, where electrons flow like a nearly perfect liquid and defy…