Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. In a previous post, I went on for a bit about how the cool patterns of ...

Strength lies in numbers and in teamwork: tens of thousands of artificial atoms tightly packed in a nanodiamond act cooperatively, enhancing the optical trapping forces beyond the expected classical ...

The demonstration that polarized laser pulses can control molecular velocities through the dipole force suggests that the cooling of molecules using light may soon be within reach. Many people expect ...

One of the most peculiar things about the Universe is how quickly the Milky Way appears to be moving. Despite having mapped out the cosmic masses nearby to unprecedented accuracy, there still doesn't ...

Van der Waals forces represent a fundamental type of interaction between molecules. Named after the Dutch physicist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, these intermolecular forces include attractions and ...