A William & Mary physicist has been awarded computing time on a U.S. Department of Energy machine that holds current bragging rights of world’s fastest supercomputer. Konstantinos Orginos, a professor ...

Quantum chromodynamics, or QCD, is the theory of the strong interaction between quarks and gluons. Lattice QCD uses supercomputers to explore 'tantalizing hints' of new physics in discrepancies ...

Teraflops for QCD The computing power needed for these calculations is immense. Since the invention of lattice QCD by Kenneth Wilson in 1974, theoretical physicists have sought access to the most ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Four’s company Computer simulations predict the existence of a tetraquark containing charm and beauty quarks. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/paul_june) Supercomputer ...

Quantum computers could enable physicists to tackle questions even the most powerful computers cannot handle. After years of speculation, quantum computing is here—sort of. Physicists are beginning to ...

Quarks are the smaller-than-a-proton particles without which there would be no stars, dogs, or breakfast burritos. In 1986, after a dozen frustrating years of trying to find ways of using computers to ...

Neutron stars, the remnants of massive stars after a supernova explosion, have often been the focus of studies aimed at testing and unveiling exotic physics. This is because these stars are among the ...