Amid the many mysteries of quantum physics, subatomic particles don't always follow the rules of the physical world. They can exist in two places at once, pass through solid barriers and even ...

Cleanrooms are designated as controlled environments where the levels of airborne particles are carefully regulated. Their construction and utilization are meticulously planned to minimize the ingress ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence. She ...

Theoretical physicists have proposed the existence of a new type of particle that doesn’t fit into the conventional classifications of fermions and bosons. Their “paraparticle,” described in Nature in ...

With Raman microscopy, there's an additional layer of complexity: fluorescence. Particle fluorescence can overwhelm the Raman ...