Studies that explore how the denser sections of atoms, known as atomic nuclei, interact with neutrons (i.e., particles with ...

For most of my life, I’ve been interested in matters of scale — the extremes, from the unknowable vastness of our universe to ...

In living organisms, every protein—a type of biological polymer consisting of hundreds of amino acids—carries out specific ...

Even when particles seem to shift in the blink of an eye, as with quantum entanglement, there are measurable intervals ...

A standard time crystal is a new phase of matter that features perpetual motion without expending energy. According to Chong ...

An international team of physicists created a "supersolid" made entirely of light, advancing the study of condensed matter. Led by Dimitris Trypogeorgos and Daniele Sanvitto at the National Research ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by how light interacts with matter. At the heart of this curiosity are photons—particles ...

And of light — science concludes that we are but light particles conforming into the appearance of matter. Everything we see is literally made of light. In fact, it’s light reflecting off of light ...

Researchers have discovered a breakthrough in solar technology, showing that quantum dots (QDs)—tiny semiconductor particles ...

In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange chemical messages, scientists say they have successfully used a highly ...

In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange chemical messages, scientists say they have successfully used a highly specialized microscope to capture more precise details of how one of the most ...

Scientists have learned that particles from car tires are a leading culprit in salmon declines in the Pacific Northwest—and ...