Physics

Some scientists make discoveries. Others create entirely new ways of understanding the universe. Harish-Chandra belonged to the latter…

Insider Brief A Nature study from Microsoft Quantum and Quantinuum found that quantum error-correction techniques reduced computational errors…

First scientific results from Juno neutrino detectorMost precise measurements yet of two neutrino aspectsThese subatomic particles can pass…

For more than three centuries, physicists have believed in Isaac Newton’s third law—every action has an equal and…

For decades, nuclear clocks have existed as one of physics’ most tempting promises. A device that could keep…

Massive stars produce light and heat through nuclear fusion, a process that releases enormous amounts of energy from…

Gravitational waves are typically studied as faint disturbances moving through otherwise quiet spacetime, but the situation becomes far…

The nature of time has long puzzled scientists, and now one researcher at the University of Birmingham has…

Allan MacDonald, a Canadian physicist based in the United States who is best known for helping to usher…

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Past attempts to reconcile quantum theory with relativity have…

A major new release of gravitational-wave detections is offering researchers an unprecedented view of some of the universe’s…

Meet Harish-Chandra: The forgotten Indian mathematician who corrected a Nobel laureate and transformed modern physics |