Gold reveals new atomic phase under 10 million times Earth’s pressure
Researchers have captured the most detailed look yet at how gold’s atomic structure changes under some of the…
Physicists Shatter Quantum Computing Record
In a Caltech lab, a computer screen showed thousands of tiny points of light—each one a single atom,…
Scientists create quantum ‘telephones’ to connect long-distance atoms
Researchers in Australia have successfully created ‘quantum entangled states’ between two distant atoms in silicon. Engineers from the…
New laser helps decode rare earth element samarium’s secret spectrum
Scientists in Germany have uncovered previously unknown properties of the rare Earth element samarium by developing a powerful…
Astronomers See Inside The Core of a Dying Star For the First Time, Confirm How Heavy Atoms Are Made
An illustration of the ‘extremely stripped’ supernova 2021yfj. Keck Observatory / Adam Makarenko Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure…
An Unknown ‘Fifth Force’ May Explain a Baffling Physics Mystery—These Researchers Have a Bold New Plan to Uncover It
A novel approach to the search for a long theorized fifth force of nature—one that could potentially help…