As the global climate crisis deepens, researchers are turning to technologies capable of delivering fundamental change. Quantum computing, long considered largely theoretical, is now being explored as ...

Louis E. Brus, a chemist and Nobel laureate who discovered quantum dots, tiny crystals that emit various colors of light ...

Delve into the detail of atomic physics. As the basic units of matter, atoms are the building blocks for everything in the universe. Once thought to be indivisible, we now know they can indeed be ...

The Big Bang's early moments were crucial for nucleosynthesis, leading to the formation of light elements and influencing the ...

In the early 20th century, the development of quantum mechanics fundamentally changed our understanding of atomic and ...

Entangled atoms, separated in space, are giving scientists a powerful new way to measure the world with stunning precision.

Pioneering research physicists in Spain, Germany, Italy and Austria tell Computer Weekly about their breakthroughs, their dilemmas, and the immense challenges on the road to a quantum internet ...

Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have demonstrated that the Carnot principle, a foundational rule of thermodynamics, does not fully apply ...

A long-standing law of thermodynamics turns out to have a loophole at the smallest scales. Researchers have shown that quantum engines made of correlated particles can exceed the traditional ...

Experience teaches humility. True expertise is built on mistakes and lessons learned. Niels Bohr, a renowned physicist, believed experts make all possible errors in a narrow field. This approach fuels ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna and the University of Duisburg-Essen showed that metallic ...