If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light—which is a thousand times larger than ...

Confining and rotating extremely cold atoms or molecules within atomic “Ferris wheels” made from laser light could test ...

Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are fascinating states of matter that emerge when atoms or molecules are cooled to extremely ...

New device emits photons in telecom fiber band from the start, so it avoids a separate converter that can waste photons.

From creating flexible gadgets to better medicines, the art of bending crystals is reshaping technology and health, and at ...

A team of UC Riverside engineers has discovered why a key solid-state battery material stays remarkably cool during operation ...

DARPA leverages Rydberg atoms extreme electromagnetic sensitivity to create compact quantum RF sensors, replacing large ...

MIT researchers double the accuracy of optical atomic clocks by reducing quantum noise with an innovative laser technique.

Nobel Prize in Physics is a tribute to the scientists who first discovered quantum behaviors in a macroscopic electrical ...

"They are the parents of all matter in the universe today, including our own bodies, while the knots can be thought of as our grandparents," physicist Yu Hamada explained.

Carolyn Bertozzi and colleagues laid out a way to make paradigm-shifting "click-chemistry" compatible with living cells, ...

Scientists have discovered that ultra-thin materials—just a few atoms thick—can naturally create tiny “cavities” that trap ...