A team of physicists has experimentally uncovered what electrons do during quantum tunneling, revealing a surprising internal ...

"God does not play dice." This famous remark by Albert Einstein critiqued the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics.

A pioneering team at the University of Maryland has captured the first-ever images of atomic thermal vibrations, unlocking an ...

Plastics like Teflon are famously durable—and infamously difficult to recycle. But a breakthrough from researchers at the ...

Quantum mechanics has a reputation that precedes it. Virtually everyone who has bumped up against the quantum realm, whether in a physics class, in the lab, or in popular science writing, is left ...

Researchers investigating atomic-scale phenomena impacting next-generation electronic and quantum devices have captured the ...

Researchers use electron ptychography to capture atomic vibrations in twisted 2D materials with record-breaking precision.

An attosecond—or 0.000000000000000001 second—is no time at all for a person. That is not so for electrons, atoms and ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and ...

Students in AST 250/251 build sophisticated space physics instruments of their own design  — suiting in bunny suits, booties, ...

Scientists have uncovered why a critical part of photosynthesis only uses one of two seemingly identical pathways, revealing ...

Researchers at MIT have observed “electron whirlpools” for the first time. The bizarre behavior arises when electricity flows as a fluid, which could make for more efficient electronics.