Electrons can freeze into strange geometric crystals and then melt back into liquid-like motion under the right quantum ...

Superconductivity occurs when electrons in a metal pair up and move through the material without resistance. But there may be more to the story than we thought, as scientists in Germany have now ...

A pulse of light sets the tempo in the material. Atoms in a crystalline sheet just a few atoms thick begin to move—not ...

When an intense laser pulse hits a stationary electron, it performs a trembling motion at the frequency of the light field.

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Scientists built a tiny clock from single-electron jumps to probe the true energy cost of quantum timekeeping. They ...

Measuring up: an electron scattering experiment yields a small proton radius. (Courtesy: Jefferson Lab) For nearly a decade the size of the particle that makes up the bulk of the universe’s visible ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a new theoretical framework that could dramatically ...

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Physicists are closer to finding out if the electron is a point charge or whether it has an internal distribution of charge known as an electric dipole moment. For the first time, Ed Hinds and ...