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

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

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

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MIT researchers have devised a new molecular technique that lets electrons probe inside atomic nuclei, replacing massive particle accelerators with a tabletop setup. By studying radium monofluoride, ...

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