Bloch oscillations are periodic oscillations of quantum particles in a repeating energy "landscape" (e.g., a crystal lattice) ...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important ...

A supercritical fluid refers to a state in which the temperature and pressure of a substance exceed its critical point, where ...

Scientists have linked nuclear spins inside silicon chips, marking a leap toward scalable quantum computers. Engineers at UNSW have achieved a major breakthrough in quantum computing by creating what ...

Zander Sutton has been writing about cars since high school, where he started his own automotive website, writing car (and the occasional airline) reviews and opinion pieces. Since then, he has grown ...

Plasma is a state of matter that emerges when a gas is heated to sufficiently high temperatures, prompting some electrons to become free from atoms. This state of matter has been the focus of many ...

Solids, liquids and gases are called the three states of matter. Liquids can flow or be poured easily. They are not easy to hold. Liquids change their shape depending on the container they are in.

To realise India’s vision of energy self-reliance, agricultural waste needs to be treated as a valuable source of energy. Converting crop residues into bio-CNG and biofuels is a strategic move that ...

Air Products issued a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification on Wednesday, saying it will lay off more than a dozen union workers at a subsidiary in Upper Macungie Township. Gardner Cryogenics’ ...

So, I've heard a rumour that you can change liquids to gases, and back again. Right! Go on then. Let's see. Nice shower Square? Whoa! Cheeky. When water is heated up, it changes state from a liquid to ...

Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter, analyst, product reviewer, and editor. He got his start in consumer tech, breaking Android news at Newsweek before going to PCMag, ...

So what are these magic numbers, and why are they so special? The stability of atomic nuclei varies wildly with the number of nuclear particles they contain. Some, like lead-208 a ...