Inspired by biological systems, materials scientists have long sought to harness self-assembly to build nanomaterials. The challenge: the process seemed random and notoriously difficult to predict.

Experiments inside a fusion reactor in China have demonstrated a new way to circumvent one of the caps on the density of the superheated plasma swirling inside.

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In a new milestone for fusion energy research, physicists in China say they have exceeded the plasma-density limit.

Long considered a serious technical challenge, superradiance could actually help quantum devices go even further.

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After a decade of construction, the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) ushers in an all-new era of neutrino ...

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Particle and nuclear physics evokes evokes images of huge accelerators probing the extremes of matter. But in this round-up ...