Physicists show how microscopic particles can harness fluctuations and external forces to minimize transport energy and even ...

A new acoustic levitation technique combines sound waves and electric charge to control multiple particles without physical ...

Electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force are two distinct fundamental forces. That wasn’t always the case. How many fundamental forces are there in our universe? For particle physicists, answering ...

In the race to uncover the deepest secrets of the universe, researchers are turning to powerful new tools. One of the most promising tools is the quantum computer. It offers a way to explore problems ...

The ancient Greeks speculated that it might be air, fire or water. A century ago, physicists felt sure it was the atom. Today, we believe that the deepest layer of reality is populated by a diverse ...

It turns out we can also move vast bands of radiation and make them into a barrier around our planet, even though we had no ...

Particles from Earth’s atmosphere may be preserved in the Moon's soil, offering a long-term record of Earth’s atmospheric ...

A collaboration between the University of Konstanz and Forschungszentrum Jülich has achieved the first fully tunable ...

SQUIRE aims to detect exotic spin-dependent interactions using quantum sensors deployed in space, where speed and environmental conditions vastly improve sensitivity. Orbiting sensors tap into Earth’s ...