Physics

Fusion reactors are designed to produce clean energy, but new theory suggests they could also generate one of…

These advances could lead to dual-use risks as quantum tools can boost irregular warfare through cheap, portable jammers…

When gamma-ray bursts were first discovered by the military, their declassified origin left astrophysicists puzzled. They couldn’t explain…

The steel-throated bird of paradise has feathers so intensely black they seem to swallow light. Inspired by this…

A new theoretical study, published in the Journal of High Energy Physics, suggests that fusion reactors, currently built…

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Scientists have now clarified how deuterons form under extreme conditions. Protons and neutrons needed to create these tiny…

The masses of fundamental particles such as the Z and W bosons could have arisen from the twisted…

Quote of the day by Albert Einstein focuses on patience and effort in thinking. Einstein said, “It’s not…

Black holes are among the strangest objects in the universe. Even though we have learned a great deal…

Baibich, M. N. et al. Giant magnetoresistance of (001) Fe/(001) Cr magnetic superlattices. Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2472–2475…

Something unexpected is happening inside a material called platinum-bismuth-two (PtBi2). According to a new study from researchers at…

Fusion reactors may create dark matter particles in their walls