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A time crystal made of giant atoms

A crystal is an arrangement of atoms that repeats itself in space, in regular intervals: At every point, the crystal looks exactly the...

New FRIB precision measurement program advances understanding of proton halos

Theoretical physicists and experimentalists work together to measure the mass of a rare isotope expected to form a rare proton halo,...

How a tiny device could lead to big physics discoveries and better lasers

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have fabricated a device no wider than a human hair that will help physicists investigate...

New discovery allows physicists to predict properties of any atom

International collaboration of physicists have led to a new methodology that enables precise calculation and prediction of the properties...

New data-driven model rapidly predicts dehydrogenation barriers in solid-state materials

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking data-driven model to predict the dehydrogenation barriers of magnesium hydride (MgH2), a...

Using artificial intelligence to speed up and improve the most computationally intensive aspects of plasma physics in fusion

The intricate dance of atoms fusing and releasing energy has fascinated scientists for decades. Now, human ingenuity and artificial...

Superfluid surprise

Laboratory experiments carried out in the early twentieth century led to the discovery of superconductivity and superfluidity, two...

Ultrasound experiment identifies new superconductor

With pulses of sound through tiny speakers, Cornell physics researchers have clarified the basic nature of a new superconductor. Since it...

Scientists demonstrate the potential of electron spin to transmit quantum information

The spin of the electron is nature’s perfect quantum bit, capable of extending the range of information storage beyond “one” or “zero.”...