A team of US-Austrian researchers has developed a new technique that could make quantum mechanics easier to study thanks to a floating silica bead. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

A Sangam-era furnace used for glass bead manufacture at Kadalmangalam near Uthiramerur in Kancheepuram district (L) and glass beads in different shapes and colours Researchers say it could have been a ...

The instantaneous velocity of a Brownian particle has been measured for the first time, a result Einstein believed would be impossible. By trapping a micron-sized silica bead in air in an optical ...