Proposed Be-Be bond would be first double bond between s block elements using only π electrons

The first new uncertainty principle to be formulated in decades helps explain why a quantum object can be two temperatures at once.

The building blocks of matter in our universe were formed in the first 10 microseconds of its existence, according to the currently accepted scientific picture. After the Big Bang about 13.7 billion years ...

Rather than a cat in a box, this new interpretation of a classic thought experiment features two physicists doing research -- and it's stumping modern researchers.

A new theory proposes that the quantum properties of an object extend into an “atmosphere” that surrounds the material.

Scientists at Radboud University discovered a new mechanism for magnetic storage of information in the smallest unit of matter: a single atom. While the proof of principle was demonstrated at very low ...

Chemists have largely ignored quantum mechanics. But it now turns out that this strange physics has a huge effect on biochemical reactions.

It is an understatement to say that chemical reactions take place everywhere, constantly. In both nature and the lab, chemistry is ubiquitous. But despite advances, it remains a fundamental challenge ...

Oil droplets guided by “pilot waves” have failed to reproduce the results of the quantum double-slit experiment, crushing a century-old dream that there exists

Scientists shoot the world's smallest projectiles - individual molecules - and use them to study how reactions happen

Hacker attacks on everything from social media accounts to government files could be largely prevented by the advent of quantum communication, which would use particles of light called "photons" to secure ...

Subatomic particles that have never been seen aren't quite like what some scientists predicted.

Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea have made a major scientific breakthrough by detecting the nuclear magnetism, or "nuclear ...

A team of scientists led by Professor Richard Layfield at the University of Sussex has published breakthrough research in molecule-based magnetic information storage materials.

Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute (CRUK MI), has licensed Cresset's Flare for fresh insights into structure-based drug design.

GPS can be hacked, so airplanes and ships need a backup system. These quantum physicists think they have an answer.

The Swedish ISP Bahnhof has a strong historic commitment to free speech, so when the notoriously corrupt science publishing giant Elsevier (previously) sought to force the ISP to censor connections…

A new method of cooling atoms to an ultracold temperature could be used to study superconductivity and quantum mechanics.

IBM Research scientists can control the magnetism of a single copper atom, paving the way for atoms to store and process data.