There are striking similarities between how elementary particles come together to form atoms, molecules and eventually ...

As part of the Q-NEXT quantum research center, Randall Goldsmith of the University of Wisconsin–Madison studies the interplay of light and matter, harnessing it for quantum information technologies.

The CLOUD collaboration at CERN has revealed a new source of atmospheric aerosol particles that could help scientists to ...

A recent study by researchers from Peking University demonstrates the potential of nuclear electric resonance to control the nuclear spins of nitrogen atoms in DNA using electric field gradients, ...

In Bohr’s 1913 papers he envisaged atoms along the lines established by his mentor Ernest Rutherford: dense nuclei orbited by ...

Two independent teams in the US have demonstrated the potential of using the optical properties of nanocrystals to create ...

The northern and southern lights, auroras visible from the poles, glow with a range of different colored lights. Here's the ...

A new technique involving terahertz light has enabled the creation of chiral states in non-chiral materials, offering ...

Once confined to the province of abstract theory, quantum computing seeks to use operations based on quantum mechanics to ...

Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, ...

Researchers developed a sodium-doped amorphous SiBN catalyst, showcasing its potential for small molecule activation and ...

Researchers at Leipzig University have developed a new process for reversing the polarity of chemical compounds, also known ...