Why do some elements decay in minutes, while others last billions of years? Certain "magic numbers" of nuclear particles may ...

A new calculation shows how five atoms interact in the Efimov effect. It marks a major leap in quantum physics. Matter behaves weirdly at the quantum scale, one of the strangest examples being the ...

The small but ubiquitous proton serves as a foundation for the bulk of the visible matter in the universe. It abides at the ...

Scientists have long dreamed of watching materials transform into their quantum states—phases of matter that only appear when ...

Scientists have released a video showing the world's first ever 'visible time crystals' that continue to move and change shape over time.

A team at CU Boulder has made a curious state of matter in which particles move constantly—like a clock with hands and gears ...

Albert Einstein famously disliked quantum theory’s understanding that physical objects, including light, exist as both a particle and a wave, and that this duality could not be simultaneously observed ...

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have long been hailed as the future of clean mobility: cars that emit nothing but water while delivering high efficiency and power density. Yet a stubborn obstacle remains.

Seventy years ago, in Osmond Laboratory on Penn State's University Park campus, Erwin W. Müller, Evan Pugh Research Professor ...

This led the researchers to develop a new type of reduced activation ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steel alloy with billions of ...

Hafnium oxide (HfO2) has attracted attention as a promising material for ultrathin semiconductors and other microelectronic ...