The question of what protons or neutrons are made up of has an apparently simple answer: quarks and gluons. However, when it comes to atoms’ third component, electrons, the answer is not as easy. That ...

Scientists have developed tunable materials that let free electrons move and interact in new ways, opening paths to faster ...

Electrons in graphene just broke their own sound barrier. Scientists created a controllable electronic shockwave inside a ...

Imagine industrial processes that make materials or chemical compounds faster, cheaper, and with fewer steps than ever before ...

Three scientists who experimentally probed the blurry realm of the electron have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier were honored for ...

Glimpses of the ultrafast world of electrons are changing scientists’ vision of the inner workings of atoms and molecules. The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics goes to three physicists who illuminated this ...

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Physicists and medical doctors would greatly benefit from a more affordable and compact particle accelerator. Recent developments in the United Kingdom offer hope for the ...

The idea of optical computing—the use of photons instead of electrons to perform computational operations—has been around for decades. However, interest has resurged in recent years; the potential for ...

Researchers from EeroQ, the quantum computing company pioneering electron-on-helium technology, have published a paper, ...

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