This achievement removes one of the biggest roadblocks in quantum materials science and brings practical quantum devices much ...

Researchers have discovered how to design and place single-photon sources at the atomic scale inside ultrathin 2D materials, ...

The concrete and steel shell built to contain the ruins of Chornobyl’s reactor 4 was supposed to be the final word in sealing ...

Whether a nuclear renaissance actually occurs in the coming decade or two depends on three fundamental questions: Are the new ...

Aluminum has long been treated as a workhorse metal, valued for its light weight and corrosion resistance rather than any exotic behavior. Now researchers are revealing a subtler power hidden in its ...

The United States faces an AI challenge similar to the Atomic Age and needs clear federal rules to secure leadership and manage proliferation risks amid great power competition. On December 8, 1953, ...

Artist’s illustration of gold compressed to ultra-high pressures by laser pulses at the National Ignition Facility.Jacob Long/LLNL Researchers have captured the most detailed look yet at how gold’s ...

The inside of giant planets can reach pressures more than one million times the Earth's atmosphere. As a result of that intense pressure, materials can adopt unexpected structures and properties.