Having good neighbors can be very valuable—even in the atomic world. A team of Amsterdam physicists was able to determine an ...

To study the inner workings of an atom's nucleus, scientists have traditionally relied on sophisticated particle colliders to ...

By the late 1800s, the scientific world was buzzing with questions about electricity and light. Several researchers were ...

The “spacescape” exposes crystal oscillators used in space applications to the hazards of radiation. This article focuses on ...

Two recent studies published in Nature and Science Advances explored quantum approaches that could improve the precision of ...

A common height that seems normal in our human-scale world. Yet, when we compare it to the smallest and largest conceivable ...

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. A quantum computer at ...

A new measurement method suggests that the proton, a crucial subatomic particle in the Universe, is smaller than previously believed. All visible matter in the ...

Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Chen-ning Yang died in Beijing on Saturday, weeks after marking his 103rd birthday. Yang died of illness, according to state news agency Xinhua. No details ...