A clever method from Caltech researchers now makes it possible to unravel complex electron-lattice interactions, potentially ...

A new version of the famous double-slit experiment showed that it's impossible to measure light as both a wave and a particle at the same time, thanks to quantum physics' uncertainty principle.

In a paper published in Nature Physics, the Caltech team uses its new method to precisely compute the strength of electron-phonon interactions and to predict associated effects quantitatively. The ...

In atom-based quantum technologies, motion is seen as a nuisance. The tiniest atomic jiggle or vibration can scramble the delicate quantum information stored in internal states such as the atom’s ...

Quantum stochastic rectification is a process observed in some physical systems, which entails the conversion of random ...

Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us ...

Researchers have succeeded in creating a "time crystal" in the laboratory that maintains autonomous rhythms at room ...

When the scientist's bosses pulled the plug, he continued his experiments on the human/alien chimera at home, with predictably disastrous results. He then teamed up with a detective to track down the ...

In the 1950s, Stanley Miller and Nobel laureate Harold Urey conducted experiments at the University of Chicago in which they ...

Photons—the tiny particles that make up light—are emerging as powerful tools for the next generation of quantum computers and ...

Brain-inspired chips can slash AI energy use by as much as 100-fold, but the road to mainstream deployment is far from ...

A new laboratory experiment uses a water tornado to simulate key processes in planet formation within protoplanetary discs.