In 1951, Columbia’s Charles Townes came up with the idea for the device that led to the laser. It earned him a Nobel Prize.

New calculation of viral spread based on branching process theory suggests that rapid elimination of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses ...

For nearly a century, scientists have understood how crystalline materials—such as metals and semiconductors—bend without ...

Researchers discovered that when atoms interact and remain entangled with light, they emit stronger, more coordinated bursts ...

Thorium-229's unique nuclear transitions may lead to a revolutionary nuclear clock, with enhanced stability and sensitivity ...

In the early 20th century, the development of quantum mechanics fundamentally changed our understanding of atomic and ...

UT researchers have made rare measurements of exotic nuclear decay that reshape how scientists think heavy elements form in extreme cosmic events. You can’t have gold without the decay of an atomic ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) and the Abdus Salam ...

Using intense X-rays, researchers captured a buckyball as it expanded, split and shed electrons under strong laser fields.

This process works best when the antiprotons and positrons have very low kinetic energies (temperatures) when combined. If the energy is too high, many antiatoms will be escape the trap. So, it is ...

The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of that ...