A Century Later, Ramanujan’s Pi Equations Are Helping Physicists Unlock the Secrets of Nature
In 1914, Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan published a short paper detailing several unusual formulas for calculating the value…
What actually is fire? A physicist explains
Fire is an ancient technology that has helped shape human evolution. Our ancestors used fire for safety, cooking…
Why Supermassive Black Holes Turn Down Feasts
Black holes are often referred to as cosmic vacuum cleaners, indiscriminately swallowing everything that strays too close. The…
Fusion reactors may create dark matter particles in their walls
Fusion reactors are designed to produce clean energy, but new theory suggests they could also generate one of…
Three Black Holes. One Epic Cosmic Collision Just Lit up the Sky
A team of astronomers has confirmed the first known system where three galaxies are merging, and all three…
How quantum physics is making weapons smarter, not bigger
These advances could lead to dual-use risks as quantum tools can boost irregular warfare through cheap, portable jammers…
Astronomers stunned by massive gamma-ray burst that lasted for hours instead of minutes
When gamma-ray bursts were first discovered by the military, their declassified origin left astrophysicists puzzled. They couldn’t explain…
Scientists just created a fabric so black it traps light like nature does
The steel-throated bird of paradise has feathers so intensely black they seem to swallow light. Inspired by this…
Fusion Reactors Could Be Accidental Dark Matter Factories, Says New Study
A new theoretical study, published in the Journal of High Energy Physics, suggests that fusion reactors, currently built…
Hidden quantum spin liquid behavior confirmed in a new kagome crystal
Deep inside some magnetic materials, electrons can behave in ways that seem to defy common sense. Instead of…
Dark energy could lead to a ‘Big Crunch’ end for our universe: Study
For nearly three decades, the scientific world has operated under an assumption: the universe is flying apart faster…
Franco Debono cross-examines Einstein’s special relativity
Franco Debono has spent almost 30 years cross-examining witnesses in Malta’s criminal courts. Now he has turned his…