IBM’s Scanning Tunneling Microscope, or STM for short, uses an atomically sharp needle that passes over the surface of an (electrically conductive) object – the distance between the tip and object ...

If you throw a ball at a wall, it's going to bounce back at you – that's classical physics at work. But of course, the world of quantum physics is much spookier, so if you did the same with a particle ...

Protons, the positively charged particles that help build every atom in our bodies, are starting to look less like classical ...

A five-year odyssey beneath the streets of Los Angeles reached an end as a duo of tunnel boring machines named “Aura” and “Iris” reached the conclusionof their journeys earlier this year. Their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. Tunneling is, at its heart, a wave phenomenon. Because quantum ...

A VPN, or virtual private network, is one of the best ways to boost your privacy online. Not only does it hide your IP address and activities from prying eyes, but it also encrypts your connection for ...

Quantum particles can burrow through barriers that should be impenetrable — but they don’t do it instantaneously, a new experiment suggests. The process, known as quantum tunneling, takes place ...

Some websites and apps—like certain banking platforms or streaming services—don't always work smoothly with the encryption a VPN provides. That's where split tunneling becomes incredibly useful. This ...

The Hudson Tunnel Project reached a key milestone as factory testing finished for two tunnel boring machines now headed to New Jersey.