Conduction electrons typically whiz through crystals in broad energy bands. However, some arrangements of atoms conceivably engender so much destructive interference among the electrons’ wave packets ...

Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have revealed a previously unseen nucleus known as antihyperhelium-4. Collisions of heavy ions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Switzerland, ...

The new JWST observatory is revealing far more bright galaxies in the early Universe than anyone predicted, and astrophysicists have more than one explanation for the puzzle. With the JWST observatory ...

Scientists have pinpointed energy-efficient ways to cook al dente pasta and developed an infallible recipe for the perfect cacio e pepe sauce. The study by Toultchinski and Vilgis was inspired by a ...

Particle physicists are faced with a growing list of “anomalies”—experimental results that conflict with the standard model but fail to overturn it for lack of sufficient evidence. For their study of ...

The demonstration that ions can be precisely manipulated in a trap containing integrated photonics paves the way for a large-scale trapped-ion quantum processor. Figure 1: Mordini and colleagues ...

Figure 1: An incoming particle hitting atoms in XENON1T’s tank releases photons and electrons that can be detected by photomultipliers at the top and bottom of the tank. The collaboration has reported ...

Physics looks back at the standout stories of 2013. Images from popular Physics stories in 2013. Images from popular Physics stories in 2013. × As 2013 draws to a close, we look back on the research ...

Jungsang Kim is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, and Computer Science at Duke University in North Carolina. He leads the Multifunctional Integrated Systems Technology group ...

Interest in developing batteries based on sodium has recently spiked because of concerns over the sustainability of lithium, which is found in most laptop and electric vehicle batteries. In the 1870 ...

The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics says that a measurement can cause a splitting of reality into separate worlds. The quantum-mechanics interpretation that suggests that new universes ...

Detecting neutrinos offers a new way to monitor the potential bomb materials inside a nuclear reactor, but the technology’s practicality remains uncertain. Neutrino detectors can continuously measure ...