Since the beginning of time, human beings have sought to understand what the universe and everything within it is made up of. And while ancient magi and philosophers conceived of a world composed of ...

Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of quantum computers and voltage standards. The appearance of Shapiro steps in ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have shown, for the first time with very high time and spatial resolution, that electrons in ...

Crucial to the properties of matter, atoms are widely known as the building blocks of the universe. Harking back to your grade school science classes, you might remember atoms are made up of ...

Researchers are investigating novel ways by which electrons are knocked out of matter. Their research could have implications for radiation therapy. Researchers at Japan's Tohoku University are ...

The tiny atom, the basic building block of everything, is itself almost nothing, but atoms form a crossroads where science ...

In a technological tour de force, scientists have developed a new way to probe antimatter. For the first time, researchers were able to zap antimatter atoms with a laser, then precisely measure the ...