New device emits photons in telecom fiber band from the start, so it avoids a separate converter that can waste photons.

As the name suggests, particle accelerators involve accelerating subatomic particles to incredibly high speeds and smashing ...

Recent research reveals that quantum mechanics can supersede the second law of thermodynamics at the atomic scale, ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists – a Briton, a Frenchman and an American – for their ground-breaking discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics.

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics." The prize has been ...

In 1992, three physicists began an argument about how many numbers we need to fully describe the universe. Their surprisingly ...

On Tuesday the field of quantum mechanics received a thoughtful 100th-birthday present from the Royal Swedish Academy of ...

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics honors three quantum physicists—John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis—for their ...

Advancements in metallography improve quasicrystal detection in aluminum alloys, enabling a deeper understanding of their unique properties and potential.