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In a first, scientists at Columbia University in New York and the University of Texas in Austin turned…

How do you explain the concept of a fourth dimension to humans who are only able to see…

“The concept of time has troubled philosophers and physicists for thousands of years, and the advent of quantum…

You’ll sometimes hear scientists say that the most exciting thing in science is a discrepancy between a theory’s…

There’s no denying that something massive lurks at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, but a new…

Cao, Z. et al. Ultrahigh-energy photons up to 1.4 petaelectronvolts from 12 γ-ray Galactic sources. Nature 594, 33–36…

If you are to believe the glossy marketing campaigns about ‘quantum computing’, then we are on the cusp…

This is Part 3 of a series on large extra dimensions. Read Parts 1 and 2. To test…

It’s well established that the universe is expanding, but there’s serious disagreement among scientists over how fast it’s…

Landauer, R. Irreversibility and heat generation in the computing process. IBM J. Res. Dev. 5, 183–191 (1961). Article …

Winners of International Quantum Year science-journalism competition picked – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from…

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an…

In a first, US scientists turn exciton superfluids into supersolids