As quantum computers mature, they will be transformational. But there are good reasons why we don’t yet know exactly which ...

A suitcase-sized quantum sensor could soon reveal hidden water, oil, and even underground mountains—all by tracking how atoms ...

For the first time, researchers have directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level. The real-time observations ...

What happens when a quantum physicist is frustrated by the limitations of quantum mechanics when trying to study densely packed atoms ... beyond the quantum scale, like the scale of a cat.

The manipulation of light at the nanometer scale, below its wavelength ... made of a gold STM tip and a smooth surface of silver atoms with an atomic step. During a typical STM measurement ...

Imagine the tiniest game of checkers in the world—one played by using lasers to precisely shuffle around ions across a very small grid.

Andrew Iams saw something strange while looking through his electron microscope. He was examining a sliver of a new aluminum ...

What happens when a quantum physicist is frustrated by the limitations of quantum mechanics when trying to study densely packed atoms ... beyond the quantum scale, like the scale of a cat.

SHANGHAI, April 4 (Xinhua) -- As silicon chips approach the limits of their physical scale, scientists are pioneering ultra-thin designs to boost computational performance.