Physicists found a way to make thermodynamics work in the quantum world
In 1798, officer and physicist Benjamin Thompson (a.k.a. Count Rumford) made a simple but powerful observation while watching…
Fusion Reactors Might Create Dark Matter Particles, Physicists Show : ScienceAlert
Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit. An…
In What Could Be A First, A Gravitational Wave Event Appears To Have Been Gravitationally Lensed
In just a decade, gravitational wave observatories have changed astronomy. In this short time, we have accumulated hundreds…
How Does Stardust Spread Through Space? Turns Out, The Push Of Starlight Isn’t Enough
Winds from the red giant R Doradus are not powerful enough to spread the molecules that make up…
Super simulation shows that something changed in the universe
A new super simulation called FLAMINGO maps the universe from its first moments to today, and it intensifies…
Dear D-Wave Quantum Computing Fans, Mark Your Calendars for January 7
D-Wave (QBTS) shares rallied as much as 20% on Monday after the quantum computing company announced plans of…
Scientists bend magnetic fields around real-world objects to create ‘invisibility cloaks’
For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding…
“Purifying” photons: Scientists found a way to clean light itself
Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified a new way to “purify” photons, a development that could…
China’s superconducting quantum prototype ‘Zuchongzhi 3.2’ achieves key breakthrough
Zhu Xiaobo (first from left), professor at the University of Science and Technology of China and chief scientist…
Bazinga! UC physicist cracks ‘Big Bang Theory’ problem
And that’s where the show’s fictional physicists failed, Zupan said. “The Big Bang Theory” ran from 2007 to…
Oscar-winning computer scientist on the physics of computer animation – Physics World
Oscar-winning computer scientist on the physics of computer animation – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
Scientists Just Reversed Time in a Lab, and It Actually Worked
Using a custom-built metamaterial, scientists in New York managed to reverse electromagnetic waves in time, not just direction.…