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

Using optical tweezers composed of laser light, researchers have developed a novel way to manipulate individual atoms and create a state of hyper-entanglement. This breakthrough could lead to new ...

Blink and you might miss it, but if you keep your eye on the monitors in professor Sebastian Will's lab, you'll catch a ...

Putting unusually large atoms in a box with cold copper sides helped researchers control them for an unprecedented 50 minutes ...

This abstract geometry comes to life in laboratories where physicists like Comin study crystals — lattices of atoms in repeating patterns. In recent years, they’ve found that 2D crystals — flat ...

These effects are made possible by trapping atoms in periodic optical lattices. Optical lattices are like "egg cartons" made of light, where atoms are held in place by standing light waves.

The team’s Atom-Resolved Microscopy is done in this way. Atoms are allowed to move about and interact freely. The researchers then turn on a lattice made of light that, for a fraction of a ...

When IBM researcher Don Eigler picked up and moved the first individual atom 20 years ago today, he paved the way for what arguably was the smallest publicity stunt ever: Big Blue's logo made from ...

Many stable atoms have ‘magic numbers’ of protons and neutrons − 75 years ago, 2 physicists discovered their special properties Published: October 7, 2024 2:55pm EDT Artemis Spyrou , Sean ...

Semiconductors are at the heart of most electronics, but have you ever wondered how one works? In this article, we explain what semiconductors are; how they work, with an eye to N-type vs. P-type ...