Every time scientists study a new material for future batteries or investigate diseases to develop new drugs, they must wade...
Scientists use superconducting detectors (MKIDs) to discern the spectrum of exoplanets from their faint glow. Now, researchers from SRON Netherlands...
Albert Einstein’s handwritten notes for the theory of relativity fetched a record 11.6 million euros ($13 million) at an auction...
Research conducted at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is taking a closer look at entropy—the measure of internal energy per...
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have succeeded in creating an experimental model of an elusive kind of fundamental particle...
Tiny amounts of heat can be used to control the movement of magnetic whirlpools called skyrmions, RIKEN physicists have shown....
A rare manuscript by theoretical physicist Albert Einstein goes under the hammer in Paris on Tuesday, with auctioneers aiming for...
Turbulence makes many people uneasy or downright queasy. And it’s given researchers a headache, too. Mathematicians have been trying for...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Researchers from Aalto University and Tampere University have developed a new theoretical method to study dynamical phase transitions in strongly...
Phonons—the quasiparticle describing lattice vibrations in solids—directly dictates various properties of solid state systems, such as the thermal conductivity, electron...
What does it mean when we say that something is extremely cold? A physicist’s answer would be: this means that...
