In simulating properties of molecules and materials, computational chemistry has the potential to accelerate scientific discovery for a wide variety of applications by reducing the need for costly and ...

A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led physicists to formulate a new theory of nature. That theory, quantum mechanics, found immediate success, proving its worth ...

Light pulses can be stored and retrieved in the glass cell, which is filled with rubidium atoms and is only a few millimeters in size. Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics/Scixel ...