Researchers have, for the first time, described the properties of one-dimensional anyons and outlined how these particles can be observed using existing experimental setups.

A Majorana fermion is a particle that would be identical to its antiparticle. Such an object has not yet been found. However, ...

Last week, Science picked its top 10 breakthroughs of the year. The significance of most discoveries, such as a new, human-like species that lived 18,000 years ago, is easily recognizable. Yet one ...

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In 1928, physicist Paul Dirac made the stunning prediction that every fundamental particle in the universe has an antiparticle – its identical twin but with opposite charge. In 1937, another brilliant ...

Physicists have built a microscope that is able to see up to 1,000 individual fermionic atoms. The researchers devised a laser-based technique to trap and freeze fermions in place, and image the ...