Rice University researchers have used a magnetically levitated particle to search for ultraheavy dark matter, extending the ...

Future fusion reactors will rely on superconducting magnets that must keep working for years while exposed to energetic particles. A new head-to-head ...

Researchers compared two superconductors under identical radiation conditions, revealing a sharp difference in their ...

Scientists have uncovered an unusual form of electron behavior in zirconium pentatelluride, a quantum material that can act as both an insulator and a conductor. Under temperatures near absolute zero ...

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A new experiment using ultracold rubidium atoms found that a quantum object in free fall behaves consistently with Einstein's ...

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Physicists have proven a 100-year-old prediction of relativity by showing that Einstein's equivalence principle holds at ...

Chemical reactions at surfaces play a central role in many processes, including catalysis and materials synthesis. It is well ...

Physicists have directly measured a long-predicted quantum phase acquired when an atomic wave packet falls freely under gravity while a second part remains stationary relative to Earth. The measured ...

Inside some fusion energy systems, particles hotter than the core of the sun can become unruly in a few thousandths of a ...