Having good neighbors can be very valuable—even in the atomic world. A team of Amsterdam physicists was able to determine an ...

What color is an atom? Since atoms are smaller than the wavelength of visible light, we can’t see them directly - but they still interact with light in ways that create color. Discover how atomic ...

Physicists have uncovered how direct atom-atom interactions can amplify superradiance, the collective burst of light from ...

Far from Earth, in the vast expanses of space between stars, exists a treasure trove of carbon. There, in what scientists ...

A single atom of silver working in synergy with carbon and nitrogen atoms can efficiently convert polluting nitrogenous waste ...

A University of Michigan-led team has discovered quantum oscillations within an insulator’s bulk, overturning conventional understanding of material behavior and hinting at a mysterious “new duality” ...

North Korea is one potential villain in a fictional movie about nuclear war on Netflix, Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite.” It is a “Rashomon”-style thriller about the concept of mutually assured ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

Researchers uncovered a crucial mechanism that reveals how electrons and atoms interact to create a new quasiparticle and ...

In a metal like copper, however, the outer electrons swim around freely and are shared by all the atoms. That’s why ...

Like several others, I fell victim to a recent Fallout 76 Atomic Shop addition, and now I’m stuck with an unfinished piece of ...

Researchers have made germanium superconducting for the first time, a feat that could transform computing and quantum ...