Physicists create 'quantum wire' where mass and energy flow without friction or loss

In physical systems, transport takes many forms, such as electric current through a wire, heat through metal, or even water ...
Live Science

World's Largest Atom Smasher Could Help Explain Where Mass Comes From

Today is a good day for physics. Two new results released today (June 4) have found the Higgs boson popping up along with the heaviest particle ever discovered. And the results could help us better ...
Space.com

Protons: The essential building blocks of atoms

Protons are tiny particles just a femtometer across, but without them, atoms wouldn't exist. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
Nature

Quantum test of the equivalence principle for atoms in coherent superposition of internal energy states

The Einstein equivalence principle (EEP) has a central role in the understanding of gravity and space–time. In its weak form, or weak equivalence principle (WEP), it directly implies equivalence ...
EurekAlert!

Single-atom vibrational spectroscopy now sensitive at level of chemical bonds

Researchers led by Prof. ZHOU Wu from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and Prof. Sokrates T. Pantelides of Vanderbilt University have pushed the sensitivity of single-atom ...