Cold atoms could also potentially measure much lower vacuum pressures than ion gauges can. The current lowest pressure they’ve reliably measured is around 10 -9 Pa, and NIST scientists are working on ...

The algorithm is grounded in math and physics and allows a nuclear microreactor to automatically control its thermal power.

Quantum computers will need large numbers of qubits to tackle challenging problems in physics, chemistry, and beyond. Unlike classical bits, qubits can exist in two states at once—a phenomenon called ...

Reactions that sever typically unreactive carbon-hydrogen bonds, known as C–H activations, are a well-studied staple of organic chemistry. So it’s a well-known fact that palladium-based catalysts tend ...