A wafer-thin flake of bismuth telluride can act a little like a one-way street for electricity, even when the push comes from ...

Columbia University researchers have proven that quantum fluctuations from a vacuum can modify nearby materials ...

Waves don’t just shape oceans or ripple across a pond. They also shape the building blocks of our universe—light, sound, and even the tiny vibrations inside atoms and molecules. These vibrations, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists in Germany have shed light on how nanoscale imaging techniques like tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers built a chip that can split single phonons—the smallest units of vibration. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter ...

In the strange world of quantum physics, even the tiniest tweak can unlock outsized rewards.

Quantum technologies, computers or other devices that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, rely on the precise ...

In chemistry, molecules with a "flat" geometry are often stable enough to support a wide range of reactions. But in the quantum world, that's not technically true.

Scientists used lasers to cool sound vibrations in large objects to their quantum ground state, a breakthrough for communications and quantum computing. (Nanowerk News) Using new techniques, Yale ...

For centuries, the concept of consciousness has intrigued philosophers and scientists alike. Often deemed too abstract for scientific exploration, consciousness has been largely left to philosophical ...

A new study has revealed how tiny imperfections and vibrations inside a promising quantum material could be used to control ...

Researchers from Delft University of Technology have made a breakthrough that could alter the future of quantum technology. They created a chip-based device that can split phonons—the quantized ...