The Hunt for Dark Matter Has a New, Surprising Target
Dark matter’s nature has long eluded scientists, but new theoretical and experimental advances are pointing to an unexpected…
A Physics Experiment Turned Lead Into Gold
The ALICE Collaboration is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for transforming lead into gold for…
Rainer Weiss obituary: Nobel prizewinning physicist
Early in the American morning on September 14, 2015, researchers made a discovery that would advance the field…
Scientists just made atoms talk to each other inside silicon chips
UNSW engineers have made a significant advance in quantum computing: they created ‘quantum entangled states’ – where two…
Neutrinos may be the hidden force behind gold and platinum
The collision and merger of two neutron stars — the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars — are…
Quantum computing milestone links atoms over vast distances
Quantum entanglement, the invisible connection between particles that entwines them in such a way that they act as…
Could Dark Energy Be Evolving Over Time?
For over a century, scientists have known that the Universe is rapidly expanding. This phenomenon, named in honor…
Exceptional ‘Einstein Cross’ in Space Reveals Where Dark Matter Is Hiding
A chance configuration of objects arrayed across deep space has just revealed the hiding place of a giant…
Israeli breakthrough in diamond tech open doors to faster, reliable quantum devices
Israeli and German scientists announced the development of a method to capture nearly all the light emitted by…
Full Black Hole Recoil Measurement
Researchers have, for the first time, tracked the recoil of a newborn black hole, revealing new insights into…
Scientists Capture W State, Unlocking Quantum Teleportation
A 25-year quantum puzzle is solved, bringing teleportation closer to reality. Achieving the entanglement measurement of the W…
New Physics Model Challenges the Big Bang Story We Thought We Knew
A new study challenges the widely accepted idea that the universe began with a rapid expansion known as…