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

Today, Google and a large collection of academic collaborators are publishing a paper describing a computational approach ...

Low-energy electrons escape from some materials via distinct “doorway” states, according to a study done by physicists at Austria’s Vienna Institute of Technology. The team studied graphene-based ...

Quantum researchers in the twenty-first century are part of an international network that requires a great deal of ...

A new quantum computing protocol may be able to augment a standard technique for understanding molecules in chemistry, ...

If you picture an electron breaking free from a solid, the process seems simple. Give it enough energy, and it should blast ...

If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light—which is a thousand times larger than ...