Some periods in Earth history are so different from our own that they may as well belong to another planet. Many people are ...

NASA’s upgraded Cold Atom Lab is turning the International Space Station into a frontier for quantum research, creating ultra ...

In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, a team from the Nägerl group, together with theory collaborator Alvise ...

A trapped cloud of ultracold atoms, colder than almost anything found in nature, has become the setting for a deceptively ...

Electrical resistance is easy to notice and hard to pin down. Power lines shed energy as heat, and metals warm up when ...

Atoms are the building blocks of matter. Everything around us — from air and water, to rocks, plants and animals — as well as everything within our bodies, is made up of atoms. They are very small, ...

Gold has long stood apart from other metals. It does not rust like iron or tarnish like silver. Its shine endures across ...

Scientists use laser pulses to manipulate atoms at terahertz frequencies, advancing next-gen computer technology through ...

Sending a spacecraft to the underexplored planet Uranus is at the top of many planetary scientists' wish lists. But which ...

Single atoms are probably not replacing smartphone cameras soon, but an atom can be used to measure light. One research group ...

Quantum materials are a class of exotic materials with special properties that are governed by quantum mechanics rather than ...

When you eat food, drink liquids, or even breathe in the air, many of those atoms wind up getting incorporated to your body. When you sweat, exhale, and either secrete or excrete matter from your body ...