Electronic nematicity is a phase of some crystalline solids in which electrons' collective properties, such as charge or spin ...

Theorists address an experimental paradox by developing a general theory uniting a kind of order known as electronic ...

Symmetry is one of the most fundamental principles in nature. It describes the rules that make an object look unchanged after ...

The 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics recognizes members of the Muon g-2 Collaboration, a team of more than 200 ...

Physicists have found that certain quantum collapse models, possibly tied to gravity, imply an inherent but minuscule uncertainty in time measurement. The effect, far too small to affect current ...

Computational modeling reveals how stretching and squeezing a diamond’s crystal lattice precisely tunes the dynamic quantum ...

Physicists are rethinking one of quantum mechanics’ biggest puzzles: how fuzzy possibilities become definite reality. New ...

New research suggests a particle inside an atom can lose mass, offering a fresh look at how matter works at the smallest ...

After winning a Breakthrough Prize, the world’s most lucrative science award, theoretical physicist David Gross is using the ...

Discovery of superluminal correlations within 2D hexagonal boron nitride could advance super-resolution electron microscopy ...

For years, one tiny mismatch in particle physics carried outsized hopes. The muon, a heavier and short-lived cousin of the ...