Exciting the Alpha Particle
New calculations confirm recent experimental results on the transition between the alpha particle and its first excited state.
New calculations confirm recent experimental results on the transition between the alpha particle and its first excited state.
Twisted bilayer graphene defies conventional theories by exhibiting superconductivity despite a vanishingly small charge carrier velocity.
Electric fields in a crystal of Ni2Mo3O8 create spin excitons and elusive magnetic order.
Research on ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms reshapes scientists’ perspective on those microbes’ physiology and ecological niche.
For the first time, researchers discovered magnetic order at high temperature in a metal widely used by the electronics industry.
In the unusual world of quantum materials, metals can guide light in their interiors instead of merely reflecting it.
Classical and quantum chips combine to simulate the collision of two neutrons on a present-day quantum computer.
Data from heavy ion collisions give new insight into the electromagnetic properties of quark-gluon plasma “deconfined” from protons and neutrons.
The observation of a rare potassium-40 decay aids in estimating neutrinoless double-beta decay half-life and dating geological features.
Scientists develop a new method to characterize the properties of one of the four fundamental forces of nature.
In a warmer world, microbes in drought-stricken soils convert less carbon to carbon dioxide and more to volatile intermediates.
New insights reveal details of how strange matter forms.