The northern lights can be seen in different colors, each color is based on the height and type of molecules hit by the ...

Thanks to a lucky conjunction of two satellites, a ground-based array of all-sky cameras, and some spectacular aurora borealis, researchers have uncovered evidence for an unexpected role that ...

The prospect of fusion energy—a potentially limitless and clean source of power—has just edged a little closer. Scientists believe they have solved a fundamental problem with building reactors that ...

Thanks to a lucky conjunction of two satellites, a ground-based array of all-sky cameras, and some spectacular aurora borealis, researchers have uncovered evidence for an unexpected role that ...

The photoelectric effect refers to what happens when electrons are emitted from a material that has absorbed electromagnetic radiation. Physicist Albert Einstein was the first to describe the effect ...

For the first time, researchers have successfully measured the shape of an electron as it moves through a solid, opening a ...

A chip off the semiconductor dot: the 2D electron gas is pictured in green on this artist's illustration, with the two emitters and the beam splitter shown. The electrons follow the path along the ...

Researchers have found electrons that behave as if they have no mass, called Dirac electrons, in a compound used in rewritable discs, such as CDs and DVDs. The discovery of "massless" electrons in ...

Standoffish electrons typically keep one another at arm’s length, repelling their neighbors. But surprisingly, under certain circumstances, this repulsion can cause pairs of electrons to soften their ...

For the first time, a quantum computer has successfully measured pairing correlations (quantum signals that show electrons ...