Physics

From Newton’s mechanical calculations to Einstein’s general and special relativity to the baffling indeterminacy of quantum mechanics, the…

The Southern Lights – credit, Jessica Meir, screengrab via X From the SpaceX Dragon capsule high above the…

A strange metal can fit in your hand, yet still behave in ways that seem to belong to…

For decades, physicists assumed the universe’s most powerful particles stopped at iron. Anything heavier would shatter crossing the…

Researchers in Germany have brought Europe’s first and only superconducting TES-array X-ray spectrometer online at the BESSY II…

The LHCb Collaboration has found a new particle consisting of one strange quark and two charm quarks. With…

Scientists can learn a lot about a quantum material by watching how it responds to light. In magnetic…

A new study has taken a fresh look at a late 2025 Yonsei University study claiming the universe’s…

Sekhar, M. C. et al. A review on piezoelectric materials and their applications. Cryst. Res. Technol. 58, 2200130…

Platzman, P. M. & Dykman, M. I. Quantum computing with electrons floating on liquid helium. Science 284, 1967–1969…

If something is allowed by the laws of physics, then scientists can assume that it probably exists. Under…

Flocks of birds, bacteria and tissue cells: in some collective systems, the individual elements respond to only part…

The Map of Physics: Animation Shows How All the Different Fields in Physics Fit Together