Physicists have uncovered how direct atom-atom interactions can amplify superradiance, the collective burst of light from ...

Qubits differ from classical bits, which are coded as only 0 or 1. A qubit can be a combination of both 0 and 1 simultaneously. One way to think of it is as a coin spinning between a 0 and a 1 axis.

From the burning of wood to the action of medicines, the properties and behavior of matter are governed by the way chemical ...

A single atom of silver working in synergy with carbon and nitrogen atoms can efficiently convert polluting nitrogenous waste ...

Within a modest engineering laboratory at Duke University, a new type of researcher is quietly at work next to an optical ...

Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

A faster shutter speed captures a more precise snapshot of time, which is helpful for quickly moving objects like rapidly ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

The U.S. stopped testing nuclear weapons over three decades ago and all other countries followed suit. If we resume testing, ...

Researchers have created a more energy dense storage material for iron-based batteries. The breakthrough could also improve ...

In a metal like copper, however, the outer electrons swim around freely and are shared by all the atoms. That’s why ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...