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

In 1927, Oppenheimer published a paper called “On the Quantum Theory of Molecules” with his research adviser Max Born. This paper outlined what is commonly referred to as the Born-Oppenheimer ...

Ultracold atoms have successfully mimicked a fundamental quantum effect normally found in electronic circuits.

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

Physicists are learning to treat light not as an untouchable beam that simply passes through matter, but as something that ...

In the past year, two separate experiments in two different materials captured the same confounding scenario: the coexistence ...

Quantum mechanical calculations of atomic systems comprise a suite of computational methods that rigorously apply the principles of quantum mechanics to determine a range of atomic properties. These ...

A scanning tunneling microscope and machine learning algorithm autonomously search for atomic structures. This image shows a vacancy defect on europium zinc arsenide. A research team led by Oak Ridge ...

New method simulates electronic friction effects on quantum motion, explaining hydrogen diffusion on copper with relevance to catalysis and energy storage. (Nanowerk News) George Trenins and Mariana ...

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, theoretical physicists at MIT explained how ...