Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future standard for measuring time.

Physicists in China have demonstrated that a structure called an optical metasurface can individually trap up to 78,400 neutral atoms – a promising development in efforts to build a large-scale ...

A team of physicists has computationally constructed a two-dimensional material that behaves like a paradox: it is disordered ...

Physicists have found a new “island of inversion” in the nucleus of molybdenum-84, a perfectly balanced atom with equal numbers of protons and neutrons. The discovery upends a decades-old assumption ...

Called a landmark discovery, scientists create a molecule with an unprecedented electronic pattern that revolutionizes ...

To unlock materials of the future, including better photocatalysts or light-switchable superconductors, researchers need to ...

Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale structures are carved into materials to form the ...

A newly isolated three-atom aluminum ring reveals unexpected chemistry that could help replace costly metals used in ...

A new catalyst built from isolated indium atoms allows scientists to convert CO2 into methanol more efficiently while revealing the hidden chemistry that drives the reaction.

Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs), with their ultrahigh theoretical energy density, environmental benefits, and cost advantages, are considered a promising next-generation energy storage technology, but ...

Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

Zircon crystals have provided scientists with an invaluable tool for dating the Earth, revealing its true age to be around 4.54 billion years old.