Excitons, encountered in technologies like solar cells and TVs, are quasiparticles formed by an electron and a positively charged "hole," moving together in a semiconductor. Created when an electron ...

Antimatter is a fascinating kind of matter made up of antiparticles, which have a mass equivalent to that of their normal ...

Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter believed to be everywhere, outnumbering regular matter (what we're made of) 5-to-1. It doesn’t emit or interact with light, so it is invisible to our ...

Countless words have been written in the last year regarding quantum computing, as it became the hottest potato on the stock exchange. But what ...

Evgeny Velikhov's many accomplishments in reducing the threat from nuclear weapons—during and after the Cold War—are ...

Founded in 2006, this Scottish start-up wants to become ‘the world's most important photonics and quantum technology company’ ...