Inside the microchips powering your devices, atoms aren’t just randomly scattered. They follow a hidden order that can change ...

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an ...

Cold atom experiments trap atoms to probe quantum effects, enabling ultra-precise sensing, timekeeping, and monitoring of ...

The microchips that power our phones, computers, and countless other devices look perfectly uniform on the outside, but on ...

In the rapid development of quantum computing and sensor technology, accurately simulating the behavior of atomic-level materials is particularly important. However, traditional simulation methods ...

A research team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a new method to uncover the atomic origins of unusual ...

Researchers find that a photon can spend a negative amount of time in an excited atomic state while passing through a cloud ...

Scientists have observed “bending” atoms using a crystal grating—an experiment once believed impossible at the high energies required. The authors of a new, non-peer reviewed study detail how the a ...

While many Earth-based experiments have been run to try to detect dark matter, the mysterious substance remains elusive. Now physicists have proposed a new experiment that would try to find signals by ...