Researchers have discovered how to design and place single-photon sources at the atomic scale inside ultrathin 2D materials, ...

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The discovery challenges basic assumptions about how metals solidify In A Nutshell Liquid metal contains stationary atoms: ...

If quantum computing is going to become an every-day reality, we need better superconducting thin films, the hardware that ...

Physicists have finally done what once sounded like science fiction: they have read the X-ray “fingerprint” of a single atom, isolating the signal of one of nature’s smallest building blocks from the ...

A new microscopy technique allows scientists to see single-atom-thick boron nitride by making it glow under infrared light.

Trace tungsten dopants stabilize lithium-rich battery cathodes, sharply reducing voltage fade over hundreds of cycles.

Paul Sutter explores how ancient creation myths and modern cosmology answer the same questions, framing the Big Bang as a scientific creation story rooted in observation and theory ...

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Years ago, an audacious Fields medalist outlined a sweeping program that, he claimed, could be used to resolve a major ...