A single gold nanorod, far smaller than a wavelength of visible light, can be coaxed into emitting circularly polarized ...

There has been considerable debate among physicists over the last 15 years about conflicting measurements of the charge ...

A new analysis reveals what happens when very short or narrow electron beams encounter a particle. The research is published ...

Moiré atoms and Wigner molecule (a) Schematic of moiré superlattice and (b) corresponding moiré potential at ϕ = 10°. Its minima, moiré atoms, form a triangular lattice. (c) Evolution of each of the ...

FELs require a bright and stable source of high-energy electron bunches, so today’s facilities are driven by large and ...

The latest "Google Doodle" to adorn the Google search engine home page is celebrating achievements in quantum physics - and ...

A beam of electrons crossed just a few millimeters of plasma, then helped trigger an effect that usually belongs to massive ...

An international team of researchers built a highly sensitive quantum microscope and used it to directly observe, for the ...

The quantum revolution in physics — whose 100th anniversary we have just celebrated — taught us that at the most basic level ...

Explore the intriguing 'flavour puzzle' in particle physics, uncovering the mysteries behind subatomic particles and their ...