Virtual particles may not be real, but they help physicists track how forces move, and allow for incredibly precise ...

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

Space weather isn’t referring to rain clouds that float through the galaxy. Instead, it’s caused by massive explosions of particles that shoot out from the Sun.

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John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the prize for their work on the discovery of macroscopic quantum ...

Quantum entanglement, the invisible connection between particles that entwines them in such a way that they act as one, has fascinated scientists for decades. It is also one of the most important ...

Two experiments with different quantum computers showcase their growing ability to simulate materials and quantum matter that ...

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis get the award for demonstrating quantum mechanical effects at the macroscale ...

Safe and lasting infrastructure for use at low temperatures is needed to meet the growing global demand for sustainable liquid energy carriers (hydrogen, methane and ammonia can store and transport ...

Located in China, Juno is a 17-country collaboration that will try to detect neutrinos and antineutrinos to learn more about their mass.

A single-step high-pressure industrial process replaces complex irradiation methods, producing quantum-grade nanodiamonds ...

The chemistry that can provide power from metals makes those metals degrade over time and there's not much we can do about it ...