Researchers have managed to coax a quantum computer to pulse with a rhythm unlike any before—a rhythm that defies ...

Accurate timekeeping has always been part of humankind’s social evolution. At the Neolithic monument of Newgrange in Ireland, ...

(NPS) physicists are on track to bring the institution’s new atomic fountain online — the largest of its kind in the world — for applications to quantum ...

Light isn’t just for seeing—it can also give things a push. When light travels, it carries energy and momentum, which is like ...

Scientists demonstrate how atomic size differences control metal catalyst structure at nanoscale, achieving major ...

In a new experiment, light beams carrying orbital angular momentum caused electrons in graphene to gain (blue beam) and lose ...

It's hard to tell when you're catching some rays at the beach, but light packs a punch. Not only does a beam of light carry ...

or atoms without a charge. Optical tweezers deploy laser beams to carefully move around and arrange those atoms. Scientists ...

"If you're using a counter, you have to define zero. You start counting at some point," physicist Marta Berholts from the ...

For deep-frying, cooking oil is heated to around 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 C). This is much hotter than the boiling point of water, which is 212 F (100 C). So when the ice in a frozen turkey comes ...

The research sheds new light on fundamental phenomena that can be harnessed to advance applications in quantum science, ...