The ability to precisely study and manipulate electrons in electron microscopes could open new possibilities for the ...

A team from MIT has just reached a significant milestone in understanding superconductors by demonstrating exceptional ...

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 ...

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

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a surprising source of entropy in quantum timekeeping—the act of ...

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

Learn more about the discovery of the electron and why J.J. Thomson often gets the credit.

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 ...

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

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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 ...