Researchers have discovered a hidden quantum geometry inside materials that subtly steers electrons, echoing how gravity ...

Physicists have long relied on the idea that electrons behave like tiny particles zipping through materials, even though quantum physics says their exact position is fundamentally uncertain. Now, ...

The photoelectric effect, first explained in 1905, transformed our understanding of how light interacts with matter. When high-energy light hits atoms, it knocks electrons loose. This process powers ...

Electrons are usually described as particles, but in a rare quantum material, that picture completely breaks down ...

The Einstein–de Haas effect, which links the spin of electrons to macroscopic rotation, has now been demonstrated in a ...

Imagine using just a flicker of sunlight to break stubborn chemical bonds that once required intense energy or toxic chemicals to split. This may sound almost impossible, but chemists at the Hong Kong ...

Electricity powers our lives, including our cars, phones, computers, and more, through the movement of electrons within a circuit. While we can't see these electrons, electric currents moving through ...

Keeping track of time seems simple. A watch ticks, a pendulum swings, and a calendar flips. But at the quantum level, marking time is far more complicated — and far more expensive than anyone expected ...

Superradiance When multiple electrons emit light in a coordinated manner, the resulting emission is much stronger than the sum of individual emissions. (Courtesy ...

Long before quantum mechanics existed, a scientist developed a powerful way of describing motion by drawing an analogy between particles and light.

Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...