Scientists may have finally unlocked the unusual role quasiparticles known as "anyons" play in a pair of quantum experiments ...

In Sept. 2012, NASA’s Van Allen Probes observed the radiation belts around Earth had settled into a new configuration, separating into three belts instead of two. Scientists think the unusual physics ...

In this video, we explore cathode rays, the science behind super-fast electrons, and how they lead to the discovery of X-rays ...

A messy paradox that has plagued geoscientists who study Earth's core and the magnetic field it produces may now be solved. The puzzle is only a few years old. It was raised in a 2012 paper in which ...

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, theoretical physicists at MIT explained how ...

Physicists in Switzerland and Denmark have created a device that can separate pairs of entangled electrons. The device, which is based on a superconducting “Y” junction, should pave the way for tests ...

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are exploring a novel approach to mitigate a critical challenge in fusion energy development, i.e., the detrimental effects of runaway electrons.

Scientists have discovered a way to efficiently transfer electrical current through specific materials at room temperature, a ...

Later work by others built on this, showing that these energy levels are a fundamental part of how the universe works at the ...

Excitons are pairs of bound negatively charged electrons and positively charged holes that form in semiconductors, enabling the transport of energy in electronic devices. These pairs of charge ...

In the already complicated science of what creates – and causes constant change in – two giant doughnuts of radiation surrounding Earth, researchers have added a new piece of information: some of the ...