Stephen Hawking, scientist, “Quiet and silent people are the ones who have the strongest and loudest minds”
Stephen William Hawking was a British theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Born on Jan. 8, 1942 in Oxford, Hawking…
CERN Physicists Discover Heavier Cousin of Proton
Physicists from the LHCb experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered a new kind of heavy…
Did you remember to pack the antimatter? CERN takes antiprotons for a short drive
GENEVA (AP) — Scientists in Geneva took some antiprotons out for a spin — a very delicate one…
Physicists Stretch, Blur, and Reverse Time’s Arrow in Wild Quantum Engine
There’s a lot we don’t understand about quantum systems. But over the past century, physicists have found ways…
Academic collaboration with industry is no longer optional – it is now essential – Physics World
Academic collaboration with industry is no longer optional – it is now essential – Physics World Skip to…
New time crystal built using sound waves breaks Newton’s third law
Physicists at New York University in the US have built a new kind of time crystal using sound…
Magnetic circular dichroism imaging of atomic-scale antiferromagnetic order at a buried interface
van der Laan, G. et al. Experimental proof of magnetic X-ray dichroism. Phys. Rev. B 34, 6529–6531 (1986).…
‘Quantum Telepathy’ Could Tap Near-Term Quantum Computers For Real-World Applications
Insider Brief A new study proposes “quantum telepathy,” a method that uses entanglement to coordinate decisions between systems…
Scientists use sound to control material behavior, adjust device stiffness
Researchers have uncovered a way to control material behavior using sound. In a study published in Nature Communications,…
First quantum oscillations observed in gallium nitride holes
Gallium nitride, a semiconductor that can operate at high voltages, temperatures and frequencies, has enabled technologies from LED…
Are Strings Still Our Best Hope for a Theory of Everything?
Fifty-eight years after it first appeared, string theory remains the most popular candidate for the “theory of everything,”…
Isaac Newton, scientist: “A man can imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true”
Isaac Newton, born Dec. 25, 1642, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, is widely regarded as one of history’s most…