Stephen Hawking, astrophysicist, “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…
Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats
Around 70% of Earth’s surface is covered in water, a uniquely anomalous substance that often behaves differently compared…
It began as an experiment to create brighter materials until a flexible film started producing its own light and energy
Scientific experiments can reshape the world around us. Over the course of history, several experiments have led to…
Scientists Just Upended a 300-Year-Old Law of Physics
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US team makes phonon lasers as a step towards ‘unjammable’ navigation
Scientists at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology have engineered a squeezed phonon laser that…
Are multiverses real? An astrophysicist explains why it depends on how you define ‘real’
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an…
Radiofrequency cascade readout of coupled spin qubits
Yoneda, J. et al. Quantum non-demolition readout of an electron spin in silicon. Nat. Commun. 11, 1144 (2020).…
Scientists Observe Mysterious Light Wave Vortices Moving Faster Than Light
Dark spots within lightwaves may appear to break the speed of light, according to new research from Technion-Israel…
Liquids can fracture like solids under extreme stress: Scientists
Researchers from Drexel University have discovered that liquids can, it appears, fracture like solids under specific conditions. In…
What is vibe physics? | 'AI is not doing end-to-end science yet' | Inshorts – Inshorts
What is vibe physics? | ‘AI is not doing end-to-end science yet’ | Inshorts InshortsClaude Opus 4.5 used in…
‘To do something nobody’s done’: quantum physicist Zhu Zijie leaves Europe for China
Science and Nature are among the world’s most prestigious journals, which most scientists strive to publish in but…
Oregon researchers discover ‘ideal glass’ — mathematically
Try bending a piece of glass, and it’ll likely shatter. But what if a different, stronger form of…