Bloch oscillations are periodic oscillations of quantum particles in a repeating energy "landscape" (e.g., a crystal lattice) ...

Ice can generate electricity when bent, a process called flexoelectricity. The discovery connects to lightning formation and ...

Graphene is an extraordinary material—a sheet of interlocking carbon atoms just one atom thick that is stable and extremely conductive. This makes it useful in a range of areas, such as flexible ...

The results of the study were published in the journal Nature Physics. “It is amazing that there is so much to do on just a single layer of graphene even after 20 years of discovery,” Arindam Ghosh, ...

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Don’t mess with ice. When it’s stressed, ice can get seriously sparky. Scientists have discovered that ordinary ice—the same substance found in iced coffee or the frosty sprinkle on mountaintops—is ...

Planetary scientist Scott Bolton describes his working life at the helm of NASA’s Jupiter-exploring Juno mission ...

Physicist Arvind Murugan earns Schmidt Science Polymath award for work at intersection of physics, biology, computation and materials science ...

A study led by Politecnico di Milano, recently published in Nature Photonics, highlights the crucial role of virtual charges ...

Created in 1991, the prestigious Ig Nobel Prizes spotlight unconventional studies from around the world that combine ...

The measurement problem in quantum mechanics looks at how an experimental outcome changes, simply by observing it.

Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, co-founded by UC Santa Barbara physicists, mark a major step in defining what dark matter can — and cannot — be ...