Chemistry textbooks explain how reactions start and end, but they rarely show what happens ...

For the first time, scientists have recorded electrons in the act of snapping chemical bonds, turning an abstract quantum ...

The mystery of quantum phenomena inside materials—such as superconductivity, where electric current flows without energy loss ...

Physicists have trapped electrons in a pure crystal, marking the first achievement of an electronic flat band in a three-dimensional material. The results provide a new way for scientists to explore ...

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, ...

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Charge density waves (CDWs) are ordered, crystal-like patterns in the arrangement of electrons that spontaneously form inside ...

A material cooled near absolute zero produced an electrical signal that physics said should not exist, revealing a new kind ...

Although elusive, the quantum spin has led to some of the deepest insights we now know. Quantum mechanics has a lot of weird stuff - but there are things that everyone agrees that no one understands.

Researchers announced that they have achieved the world's first elucidation of how hydrogen produces free electrons through ...

Although the detailed physics of what goes on inside a laser is typically complex, all conventional lasers share a common basic operational principle: a process known as the stimulated emission of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Highly energetic, “hot” electrons have the potential to help solar panels more efficiently harvest light energy. But scientists haven’t been able to measure the energies of ...