Carbon nanotubes are moving from lab curiosities to workhorse components in quantum hardware, and one of the most striking examples is their use as single-photon light sources. By exploiting their ...

Physicists have finally filmed a crystal as it melts and discovered that, under the right conditions, it refuses to behave ...

Quantum spin liquids are exotic states of matter in which spins (i.e., the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons) do not ...

Researchers accidentally formed gold hydride under extreme pressure, challenging gold’s long-held inert reputation and ...

A shiny gray crystal called platinum-bismuth-two hides an electronic world unlike anything scientists have seen before.

This corralled supercooled liquid relies on the surprising property that some atoms in a liquid remain stationary regardless ...

Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025 ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Scientists accidentally create gold hydride under extreme pressure, revealing unexpected chemistry and insights into ...

Lithium-ion batteries can become unstable under certain conditions, leading to fires. Now, researchers have used new materials that they say can make batteries safer.

Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...