Accurately modeling irregularly-shaped particles isn’t easy, but a new study found a way to improve a century-old idea.

Researchers at Utrecht University have quantitatively mapped the three-dimensional structure of photonic supraparticles for the first time. Supraparticles are microscopic spheres composed of thousands ...

Near-field optical trapping has transformed particle manipulation in biology, chemistry, and nanotechnology, enabling contact-free control of objects ranging from nanoparticles to living cells.

A pair of identical particles swapping places sounds like a small move. In quantum physics, it is a defining one.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ultrafine particles stem from a variety of natural and human-made sources, including vehicle exhaust. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Long ...

NYU scientists are using light to precisely control how tiny particles organize themselves into crystals. Their research, published in Chem, provides a simple and reversible method for forming ...

NYU researchers have found a way to use light to control how microscopic particles assemble into crystals, effectively ...

In a study, physicists now observed a class of quantum particles called fractional excitons, which behave in unexpected ways and could significantly expand scientists' understanding of the quantum ...

One of the researchers behind a pioneering new study on bottled water answers PEOPLE's questions about their investigation's unsettling findings Amy Goldstein Photography In January Phoebe Stapleton, ...

Neutrinos live in a lonely universe. Every second, millions of them pass through our planet, but they so rarely interact with other matter that they don’t leave much of a trace. The highest-energy of ...

Lucrative find in slaughtered quacker comes under scrutiny as doubts emerge about bird’s ability to digest precious metal.