When atoms collide, their exact structure—for example, the number of electrons they have or even the quantum spin of their ...

Researchers in Germany have found a way to accurately study atomic reflections in quantum sensors by deploying special light ...

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that negative refraction can be achieved using atomic arrays—without the ...

A new study shows that when combined with lasers, atomic clocks can help us catch the most mysterious matter in the universe.

Scientists have demonstrated that negative refraction can be achieved using atomic arrays -- without the need for artificially manufactured metamaterials. Scientists have long sought to control light ...

Scientists have found a way to achieve negative refraction—where light bends the "wrong" way—using carefully arranged atomic ...

Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

An atomic clock is a super-precise clock that uses ... An optical cavity laser, on the other hand, is a type of laser where light is trapped and bounced back and forth between two highly ...

Superconducting circuits have been used at TU Wien (Vienna) to create "artificial atoms" which can store light - and thus ...

Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter believed to be everywhere, outnumbering regular matter (what we're made of) 5-to ...