“Suppose you knew everything there was to know about a water molecule—the chemical formula, the bond angle, etc.,” says Joseph...
Researchers at the Paul-Drude-Institute for Solid State Electronics (PDI) have observed a novel modulation regime characterized by the emergence of...
What makes some materials carry current with no resistance? Scientists are trying to unravel the complex characteristics. Harnessing this property,...
Microbial communities shape our health and the health of our planet. Some are familiar to humans, like the microbes that...
One of the first practical applications of the much-hyped but little-used quantum computing technology is now within reach, thanks to...
Scientific discovery doesn’t always require a high-tech laboratory or a hefty budget. Many people have a first-rate lab right in...
In a new study published in Optica, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have used doughnut-shaped beams of light...
UK scientists have created an “eternal engine” to keep the next generation of atomic clock ticking. Precision timing is essential...
A quasiparticle that forms in semiconductors can now be moved around at room temperature, a University of Michigan-led study has...
Christopher Parzyck had done everything right. Parzyck, a postdoctoral researcher, had brought his nickelate samples—a newly discovered family of superconductors—to...
The time-tested strategy of “divide and conquer” took on a new, high-tech meaning during neutron experiments by scientists at the...
Neutrinos are one of the most abundant particles in our universe, but they are notoriously difficult to detect and study:...