Physicists finally identified why some quantum materials seemingly lose their electrical conductivity for no reason.

George W. Bush made hydrogen his baby back in the early 2000's, but this alternative fuel could still have its day in the sun ...

The poet Blake wrote that you can see a world in a grain of sand. But even better, you can see a universe in an atom!

A new measurement method suggests that the proton, a crucial subatomic particle in the Universe, is smaller than previously believed. All visible matter in the ...

Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

A faint blue dot, suspended between metal electrodes, captured imaginations around the world—and reminded us how far experimental physics has come. In Oxford, a lone ...

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a storage material with higher energy density for iron-based batteries.

Researchers have created a more energy dense storage material for iron-based batteries. The breakthrough could also improve ...

In a metal like copper, however, the outer electrons swim around freely and are shared by all the atoms. That’s why ...

TOWN OF MOHAWK — Atom Apothecary, a store that sells handmade items including soaps, skincare products, cutting boards, ...