Using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, scientists have filmed atoms performing an eternal quantum dance that never stops — even at absolute zero.

The air around us is a chaotic superhighway of molecules whizzing through space and constantly colliding with each other at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour. Such erratic molecular behavior is ...

Researchers from Hanns-Christoph Nägerl's group have produced the world's first ultracold KCs molecules in their absolute ground state. Starting by mixing clouds of potassium and cesium atoms cooled ...

Molecules containing four atoms are the largest yet to be cooled down to only a hundred billionths of a degree above absolute zero. The techniques researchers use for cooling individual atoms, such as ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Under a tangled mess of pipes, tubes, gauges, ...

It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation. To realize superconductors, maintaining an 'ultracold' state is crucial. Recently, scientists have succeeded in creating ...

The LIGO gravitational wave observatory in the United States is so sensitive to vibrations it can detect the tiny ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. These waves are caused by colliding ...

A quantum computer is a machine that stores information in units called 'qubits' by controlling matter such as atoms, molecules, electrons, and photons. Currently, various platforms like ion traps, ...