A distinct nitrogen-vacancy configuration in hexagonal diamonds is predicted to have longer coherence times, yet similar ...

Approved grants face extra reviews and delays, and observers fear a behind-the-scenes installation of proposed political ...

Over the last decade, the Lifetime Sample Tracking system has categorized materials from the 2D Crystal Consortium Materials ...

What do financial markets, sunspots, and brain dynamics have in common? They all exhibit multifractal behavior — an interwoven repeating pattern spanning multiple scales. Multifractality is common in ...

Institutions that support the history of science make strategic choices about how they go about their work. These can include drawing boundaries around their subject matter, as AIP does with the ...

Bottlenose dolphins are known for their intelligence. Using echolocation, they can distinguish between microsecond delays in the return call to track their prey. Researchers can test a dolphin’s range ...

Relying on quantum states of light, satellite-based quantum communication presents new frontiers for secure communication — along with threats. Unlike optical fiber communications, where photons lost ...

When a nanoparticle enters a biological fluid, proteins attach to its surface and form a corona, which can influence how the particle is recognized by cells and how it behaves in the body. The field ...

NASA announced three new scientific payloads that will head to the Moon to better understand lunar hazards and resources. NASA announced three new scientific payloads that will head to the Moon to ...

Nearly 60 years ago, J. Robert Oppenheimer sat down to reflect on his life in science. Across three interviews recorded in 1960, 1963, and 1966, he shared memories of his early life and career, the ...