Superconductivity occurs when electrons in a metal pair up and move through the material without resistance. But there may be more to the story than we thought, as scientists in Germany have now ...

For two decades, a deceptively simple question has split condensed‑matter physicists: do the electrons in gold quietly align ...

The ability to precisely study and manipulate electrons in electron microscopes could open new possibilities for the ...

Measuring up: an electron scattering experiment yields a small proton radius. (Courtesy: Jefferson Lab) For nearly a decade the size of the particle that makes up the bulk of the universe’s visible ...

In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have demonstrated that quantum light, particularly bright squeezed ...

Scientists identify two sound-driven mechanisms for generating orbital currents, merging acoustics with cutting-edge electron ...

Professor of Physics Humphrey Maris will receive the 2011 Fritz London Memorial Prize at the 26th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics for developing a method to track the activity of a ...

Physicists are closer to finding out if the electron is a point charge or whether it has an internal distribution of charge known as an electric dipole moment. For the first time, Ed Hinds and ...

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While defects in a diamond are mostly undesirable, certain defects are a quantum physicist's best friend, having the potential to store bits of information that could one day be used in a quantum ...