Muons are unstable subatomic particles that spontaneously and rapidly transform into other particles via a process known as ...

One of the discoveries that fundamentally distinguished the emerging field of quantum physics from classical physics was the ...

Scientists at Columbia University have combined lasers and nanotech to trap massive atom arrays for next-gen quantum ...

A nanostructure made of silver and an atomically thin semiconductor layer can be turned into an ultrafast switching mirror ...

For the first time, researchers from Tokyo University of Science have observed wave-like interference patterns from ...

By shining a focused laser beam onto a sample of material, a team at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and ETH Zürich showed ...

Experiments reveal that metallic nanoparticles thousands of atoms wide can exist in quantum superposition, providing a ...

But only in the last 70 years have we known for certain they were there. In 1956, physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines ...

Smaller version Illustration of a conventional atomic fountain clock (left) next to NPL’s miniature atomic fountain clock.

US researchers say they have built a laser system precise and powerful enough to control vast grids of atoms, a step they ...

Scientists in Finland transmitted electricity through air using sound waves, lasers, and radio frequencies, creating ...