The world’s largest atom smasher has conducted its first-ever collisions between protons and oxygen ions, as part of an ...

As few as five electrons in a semiconductor can exhibit collective behaviour, forming a “Coulomb liquid”, according to ...

The race to build the first useful quantum computer is on and may revolutionize the world with brand new capabilities, from ...

The idea of powering a house with a single atom might seem like science fiction, but recent advancements in nuclear physics ...

An atom consists of a heavy center, called the nucleus, made of particles called protons and neutrons. An atom has lighter ...

For over 100 years, two theories have shaped our understanding of the universe: quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general ...

Scientists are trying to solve a decade-long mystery by determining the identity of anomalous signals detected from below ice in Antarctica.

Nearly a decade ago, a detector searching for ghostly cosmic particles found two anomalous signals in Antarctic ice. But ...

As the number of particles in a physical system increases, its properties can change and different phase transitions (i.e., ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.. On a quiet pandemic afternoon in 2021, Zhiyuan Wang, then a graduate student at Rice University, was alleviating his boredom by ...