Interactions between atoms and light rule the behavior of our physical world, but at the same time, can be extremely complex.

Researchers are exploring multi-level atomic interactions to enhance quantum entanglement. Using metastable states in ...

Philip Ball looks at how a little-known paper by Niels Bohr demonstrates the turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum ...

The famous second law of thermodynamics says that the world gets more and more disordered when random chance is at play. Or, ...

In a milestone that brings quantum computing tangibly closer to large-scale practical use, scientists at Oxford University ...

Bohr turned to Planck's quantum theory to explain the stability ... to train a new generation of physicists. But his atomic model remains the best known work of a very long career.

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (commonly ... and assess their response to external electromagnetic fields. The Holland theory group's research is on properties of quantum gases with a focus on ...

The American theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer examines the impact of quantum and atomic theory on the way societies view themselves and others in six Reith lectures.