The dream of creating game-changing quantum computers—supermachines that encode information in single atoms rather than ...
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of “macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in ...
Two recent studies published in Nature and Science Advances explored quantum approaches that could improve the precision of ...
Learn more about the discovery of the electron and why J.J. Thomson often gets the credit.
Neutrinos, often referred to as “ghost particles,” are subatomic entities that can pass through the densest of materials, ...
Having good neighbors can be very valuable—even in the atomic world. A team of Amsterdam physicists was able to determine an ...
For years, physicists have been baffled by the discovery of mysterious “ghost particles”. The scientific name for them is “neutrinos”, which are neutral sub-atomic particles with no electric charge.
A recent experiment led by Mississippi State physicist Dipangkar Dutta has shaken one of physics’ most reliable concepts: symmetry. Credit: Shutterstock Quarks unexpectedly breaking symmetry in a ...