Physicists developed a technique to arrange atoms in much closer proximity than previously possible, down to 50 nanometers. The group plans to use the method to manipulate atoms into configurations ...

What if, instead of stacking different materials one by one to make a semiconductor, we could create the components we need ...

Proximity is key for many quantum phenomena, as interactions between atoms are stronger when the particles are close. In many quantum simulators, scientists arrange atoms as close together as possible ...

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Tiny gold “super atoms” could spark a quantum revolution New study shows how gold nanoclusters mimic key properties of the most accurate systems currently used in quantum applications and can even be ...

Until now, atoms have never been imaged interacting freely in space, but a new technique known as non-resolved microscopy has changed that. MIT physicists were able to successfully capture images of ...