First self-powered quantum microwave signal achieved in experiment
Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)…
In 1927, Bohr And Einstein Had A Debate About Complementarity. A New Experiment Just Proved One Of Them Wrong – Again.
Quantum mechanics is weird. When you think you have reached the bottom of its weirdness, you always discover…
10 quantum myths that must die in the new year
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Astronomers measure mass and distance of free-floating planet
Back to Article List According to a newly released study, scientists have discovered a free-floating planet and, for…
Frozen but Flowing? Scientists Captured Matter in a Never-Before-Seen State
By manipulating individual atoms in molten metal, the scientists managed to hold the liquid in place, preventing it…
Scientists Just Clocked a ‘Rogue’ Planet the Size of Saturn
When we imagine a planet, we think of one like ours, orbiting a star. But some have a…
Einstein Wrong in Bohr Debate, New Experiment Proves 98 Years Later
A near-100-year-old debate between the theoretical physicists Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr has finally been settled—and not in…
An Engineer Says He’s Found a Way to Overcome Earth’s Gravity
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Discovering a machine that could somehow produce thrust without…
A New Theory Says Hidden Dimensions May Create Mass. That Would Rewrite Particle Physics.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Current theories suggest that W and Z bosons acquire…
Scientists think there’s a hidden universe created by ‘dark big bang’
Scientists have claimed a new dark matter theory could explain the existence of a hidden universe. ‘Dark matter’…
Michelle Simmons on building quantum computers one atom at a time
Before quantum computing became a global race, Michelle Simmons was already working at the atomic limits of silicon,…
New images reveal what really happens when stars explode
Astronomers have obtained remarkably detailed images of two stellar explosions — called novae — just days after they…