Symmetry is one of the most fundamental principles in nature. It describes the rules that make an object look unchanged after ...

Scientists observe a visible time crystal for the first time, revealing a phase of matter that repeats patterns through time.

A strange kind of matter that “ticks” forever without energy input has just taken a major leap toward real-world use. Known ...

Creating quantum entanglement inside a solid material is tricky in the lab – but crystals buried in the earth could be ...

Liquid hydrogen used as fuel and in medical technology needs to be in the para form, but converting between the two forms ...

Physicists created highly conductive zones at twisted lithium niobate interfaces, extending twisted interface research beyond ...

Two separate research teams have uncovered ways to create exotic quantum states that defy conventional physical constraints. Cal Poly researchers showed that timed magnetic field changes can produce ...

The device, described in a recent Physical Review Letters paper, generates phonons—a quantum mechanical description of ...

Beryllium ions might help in the hunt for dark matter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using a quirk of quantum mechanics, ...

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University have developed a method to produce 10 distinct crystal structures from a single chemical formula by altering atomic arrangements.

Computational modeling reveals how stretching and squeezing a diamond’s crystal lattice precisely tunes the dynamic quantum ...