Within a crystal's atomic structure, tiny atomic-scale flaws will naturally occur where electrons can become trapped. These defects have emerged as one of the leading platforms for quantum information ...

A new chip-making technique exploits a material's crystal structure to create nanoscale patterns at room temperature directly onto hard materials used in devices, including silica. The method could ...

On target A new method for precisely moving columns of individual atoms within a material could give rise to exotic quantum ...

A strange scarlet rock was created during the world's first nuclear explosion in 1945, and scientists have now uncovered what ...

Sub-5-nm gold antennas match the scale of 2D semiconductors, concentrating light where atomically thin materials can convert ...

The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in ...

Every text message, photograph, and saved file still comes down to a simple bargain: information is stored as either 0 or 1.

Temperature adds another challenge. Standard DFT is essentially a zero-temperature approach, so thermal effects must be ...

Scientists have discovered a unique, never-before-seen 'ox blood' crystal formed by the extreme heat and pressure of the ...

Gold’s characteristic glow famously doesn’t fade for thousands of years—and scientists have finally found the molecular trick ...

Scientists have uncovered a strange hidden structure formed during the creation of metallocenes, a class of sandwich-like ...