An international team of researchers has solved a long-standing puzzle in quantum physics by discovering an elusive ...

Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg have discovered a striking ...

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

What happens when electrons leave a solid material? This seemingly simple phenomenon has, until now, eluded accurate theoretical description. In a new study, researchers have found the missing piece ...

Richard Wilhelm, head of the Atomic and Plasma Physics group at TU Wien ... t the only factor dictating electron emission.

The photoelectric effect, first explained in 1905, transformed our understanding of how light interacts with matter. When high-energy light hits atoms, it knocks electrons loose. This process powers ...

If you picture an electron breaking free from a solid, the process seems simple. Give it enough energy, and it should blast ...

Scientists at TU Wien found that electrons need specific “doorway states” to escape solids, not just energy. The insight ...

Auburn University scientists have developed a new class of materials that allow precise control over free electrons, ...

Topological insulators could form the basis for revolutionary electronic components. However, as they generally only function ...

A study shows electrons escape solids only through quantum doorways that appear in layered materials, changing how we ...

In the 1980s, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis demonstrated quantum effects in an electric circuit, an advance that underlies today’s quantum computers.