University of Bristol physics professor Sir Michael Berry visited the University of Wisconsin on Monday to for a seminar on geometric phase. The seminar was part of the Chemistry Department’s Willard ...

A new laser-based technique reveals hidden phase changes in quantum materials, helping scientists better understand and control them for future technologies In condensed matter physics, topological ...

Phases of matter are the basic states that matter can take—like water that can occur in a liquid or ice phase. Traditionally, ...

What happened shortly after the universe was born in the Big Bang and began to expand? Bubbles occurred and a previously unknown phase transition happened, according to particle physicists. Think of ...

Princeton physicists have discovered an abrupt change in quantum behavior while experimenting with a three-atom-thin insulator that can be easily switched into a superconductor. The research promises ...