Scientists have directly watched angular momentum move through a crystal for the very first time — and discovered a bizarre ...

Physicists developed a technique to arrange atoms in much closer proximity than previously possible, down to 50 nanometers. The group plans to use the method to manipulate atoms into configurations ...

Quantum computers get a lot of attention, even though they are not ready for prime time, but quantum sensors are already ...

It’s been 37 years since scientists first demonstrated the ability to move single atoms, suggesting the possibility of designing materials atom by atom to customize their properties. Today ...

A new experiment confirms that photons passing through a cloud of atoms can spend a negative amount of time there, and the ...

We use different devices to measure temperature. The science behind them, and concepts such as absolute zero and cold atoms, ...

From nearly indestructible metals, like tungsten, to delicate clouds in the sky, atoms make up everything around us. But do these atoms ever touch each other? As with most topics in atomic physics, ...

Traditionally, scientists have measured gravity’s influence on atoms by tracking how fast atoms tumble down tall chutes. Such experiments can help test Einstein’s theory of gravity and precisely ...

For the first time, researchers have played matchmaker between two specific atoms, joining them together to form a molecule. Typically, chemists make molecules by mixing up many constituent atoms, ...