(Nanowerk News) Future computers are expected to use the laws of quantum physics to accomplish certain tasks in the blink of an eye that require decades for present-day computers. Physicists at the ...

For the first time, scientists have measured the 'shape' of an electron in solids, opening the door to advances in quantum ...

Physicists captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal correlations among the 'free-range' particles that until now were predicted but never directly ...

Cooling atoms to ultra-low temperatures reveals the striking differences between fermions and bosons at the quantum level. When the 2001 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to Eric Cornell and Carl ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. How do atoms form? – Joshua, age 7, Shoreview, ...

Matter is made up of very small parts called atoms. Atoms can combine in different numbers and in different ways to make different molecules. Atoms and molecules make up all of the different ...