Stories by Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

A new, more robust approach to creating these bizarre constructs brings them one step closer to practical applications

Physicists have finally solved the long-standing mystery of why water moves faster through narrower nanotubes

After a decade of work, researchers have achieved the first ever experimental reconstruction of a quantum wave function

A recent experiment has placed the best-yet limits on the strength of a long-sought fifth fundamental force

Ions flowing through atom-thin stacks of carbon confirm classic theories but also yield new surprises

This property could reveal new secrets of superconductivity

The process finds minuscule amounts of radioactive material in metals

Creating Bose-Einstein condensates—and crashing them together—in microgravity could lead to physics breakthroughs, better spacecraft navigation and more

Lasers slow molecules for a glimpse of the quantum world—and a strange heating is uncovered

A new study proves that far from being mere mathematical artifacts, particles that are indistinguishable from one another canbe a potent resource in real-world experiments

A statistical study of more than 8,000 compositions shows how the flow of time distinguishes music from noise

Ultracold atoms can simulate all sorts of quantum behavior