Quantum computers have been hyped as machines that can solve almost any problem. Yet it is becoming clearer that their ...

Like Earth, Mars is surrounded by an ionosphere—the part of its upper atmosphere where radiation from the sun knocks ...

Why did they form at that time? Astronomers know from observing distant exploding stars that the size of the universe has ...

Researchers led by Professor Simon Cornish are working at the forefront of quantum physics, using cutting-edge techniques to explore the fundamental laws of nature.

From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their ...

New catalyst developed at Goethe University Frankfurt can break strong carbon-fluorine bonds, with potential applications in ...

Density functional theory is a widely used computer-based quantum mechanical method for calculating properties of atoms, ...

† Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China ‡ Department of ...

Researchers devised a method to extract macrocycles by precisely cleaving crystals, bypassing stepwise synthesis and enabling ...

The coordination environments of different platinum atoms in single-atom catalysts have been measured by researchers in ...

Edited by Cynthia M. Friend, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, and approved May 7, 2020 (received for review December 20, 2019) ...

As the world celebrates the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, it’s natural that we should focus on ...