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Over a century ago, Ernest Rutherford discovered the proton by splitting the atom in a laboratory in Manchester. Today, researchers based in Manchester have discovered a new particle that Rutherford ...

To unlock materials of the future, including better photocatalysts or light-switchable superconductors, researchers need to ...

In the strange world of quantum physics, even the tiniest tweak can unlock outsized rewards.

Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale structures are carved into materials to form the ...

A series of experiments across multiple research groups has shown that deliberately implanting atomic-scale defects into ordinary silicon can turn the world’s most common semiconductor into a source ...

Scientists have built atom-sized pores that act like living ion channels, opening the door to next-generation nanotech.

Accurately measuring small shifts in biological markers, like proteins and neurotransmitters, or harmful chemicals in the ...

MoS2 monolayers doped across the periodic table show p-type, n-type, metallic, and magnetic behavior, providing building ...

Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale ...

Another selection of significant announcements from the optical communications expo in Los Angeles.

A single flat metalens now handles both excitation and fluorescence collection for diamond quantum sensors, enabling nanoscale sensing in spaces too tight for conventional optics.