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 ...
Evgeny Velikhov's many accomplishments in reducing the threat from nuclear weapons—during and after the Cold War—are ...
Scientists have taken a bold step toward understanding dark matter, the invisible force shaping the cosmos. Using atomic ...
Caltech scientists are developing laser-driven lightsails that could push spacecraft beyond our solar system. Their research ...
An innovative approach in the search for dark matter using space/time-separated atomic clocks and lasers has yielded ...
Puzzling effects Two quantum simulations have revealed unexpected behaviour at quantum phase transitions. (Courtesy: ...
A team of international researchers has developed an innovative approach to uncover the secrets of dark matter in the cosmos. They are searching for dark matter using atomic clocks and ...
Focused Energy and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California have announced the signing of a Cooperative ...
Rice’s Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in chemistry, awarded “for the creation and development of nanoshells — metal-coated nanoscale particles that can capture light ...
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has elevated Arati Dasgupta, Ph.D., an internationally ...