Spin–orbit coupling causes molecular orbitals to behave in fundamentally different ways in heavier elements Triple bonds take on a very different shape in heavier atoms where relativistic quantum ...

Gold may have a secret self-defense system that helps it resist tarnishing. Researchers discovered that atoms on gold ...

Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology delivered a milestone this week that sits at the intersection of precision optics and quantum hardware: a fully assembled, commissioned laser ...

City Labs has launched the world's first commercial satellite carrying a nuclear-powered payload into orbit. Lofted atop a ...

Fusion energy has always had a tritium problem. The fuel that powers every leading reactor design barely exists on Earth in usable quantities, and the best candidate for breeding it inside a reactor — ...

Fraunhofer ILT in Aachen has developed a highly complex laser-optical system for a quantum computer currently under construction at the 5th Institute of Physics at the University of Stuttgart. This ...

A new laser-optical system uses 2,000 controllable beams to precisely position atoms, enabling key logic processes in a ...

To help accelerate geothermal energy production, the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has teamed ...

A breakthrough quantum sensor has shown it can uncover hidden signals through overwhelming noise, paving the way for future ...

The achievement shows kinetic energy from charged exhaust particles can be converted into useful electricity, but it's still not a working commercial reactor.

Gold may stay shiny because some of its surface atoms reorganize into structures that block oxygen reactions. Gold has been valued for millennia because it keeps its shine, but new research from ...

In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have demonstrated the Hong–Ou–Mandel (HOM) effect with up to 12 indistinguishable neutral atoms—an effect that has been predominantly observed ...