Researchers have captured how a molecule redistributes energy after absorbing light, differentiating the roles of individual ...

Researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin have developed a new method for trapping and controlling atoms near an ...

In the quantum realm, seemingly impossible things are happening every day. Thanks to quantum effects, a particle of light can exit a cloud of extremely cold atoms before it even enters. When light ...

A new set of upgrades to the International Space Station’s Cold Atom Laboratory is allowing NASA to probe quantum mechanics ...

A new paper provides clear, reproducible proof-of-concept for subtractive mechanosynthesis on silicon. It is not yet a ...

In a groundbreaking experiment, physicist Giovanni Barontini sought to decipher the origins of time by creating a mini-universe through a Bose-Einstein condensate close to absolute zero. In this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many heavy atoms form from a supernova explosion, the remnants of which are shown in this image. NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team ...

Gold may have a secret self-defense system that helps it resist tarnishing. Researchers discovered that atoms on gold ...

Travis Kalanick has transformed City Storage Systems, the parent of CloudKitchens, to Atoms, adding a new focus on robotics. Kalanick made the announcement on the "TBPN" podcast, sharing that the ...

A couple of weeks back I posted an answer to a question from a Twitter follower’s child, who asked “How Strong Is Space?” That was fun, so here’s another kid-question answered, this one from my own ...

Some periods in Earth history are so different from our own that they may as well belong to another planet. Many people are interested in the age of dinosaurs, or the Ice Ages, but it is an ...

March 13 (Reuters) - Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and former chief executive of Uber, on Friday launched his startup, ‌Atoms, focused on specialized industrial robotics designed to automate ‌tasks ...