Explore the vast world of condensed matter physics, from electronic behavior to quantum processes, shaping modern technology ...

In a new development that could help redefine the future of technology, a team of physicists has uncovered a fundamental ...

From computer chips to image sensors in cameras, today's technology is overwhelmingly based on a semiconductor called silicon. This technology has been shrinking for decades—think of early room-sized ...

The Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science has several active labs in which scientists are seeking to better understand the nature of matter and materials by studying their properties and ...

Histones are a family of basic proteins that associate with DNA in the nucleus and help condense it into chromatin. Nuclear DNA does not appear in free linear strands; it is highly condensed and ...

Imagine being able to simultaneously and uniquely track hundreds of molecules or proteins in a cell in three dimensions at millisecond rates. To achieve this goal, the Hewitt Group propose to combine ...