Quantum computing and neutron star physics are converging on the same hard problem: how to describe matter when gravity and ...

A radical new theory begins with a central claim: consciousness is the fundamental field of reality; time, space, and matter ...

The Standard Model of particle physics has been extremely successful in describing how the universe works. However, there are some things that it cannot explain. Physicists have, therefore, been ...

Ultracold polar molecules provide a promising platform for quantum simulation and studying quantum systems with long-range dipolar interactions. These dipolar interactions can be mapped to spin ...

In a breakthrough new study, physicists have successfully wrangled thousands of molecules into a single unified quantum state for the first time. The key to the new development is a strange state of ...

When ultraviolet light hits ice—whether in Earth's polar regions or on distant planets—it triggers a cascade of chemical ...

A dense cloud of optically-trapped molecules has been cooled to record-low temperatures by Lawrence Cheuk and colleagues at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.

Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) are fascinating states of matter that emerge when atoms or molecules are cooled to extremely low temperatures just slightly above absolute zero (0 K). In 2023, ...

Almost 100 years ago, a revolutionary discovery was made in the field of physics: microscopic matter exhibits wave properties. Over the decades, more and more precise experiments have been used to ...

The Standard Model of particle physics has been extremely successful in describing how the universe works. However, there are some things that it cannot explain. Physicists have, therefore, been ...