Physicist Paul Davies looks back at the past century of quantum mechanics—the most disruptive theory in the history of modern science.

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Looming behind Regenstein Library is a bronze, mushroom cloud–shaped sculpture—Henry Moore’s Nuclear Energy. Installed in 1967, it now seems like an inconspicuous part of the campus landscape. In ...

Hypothetical dark matter stars known as ‘boson stars’ could leave telltale ripples across the cosmos, offering researchers a new way to probe the invisible forces shaping the universe.By Jonathan ...

A physicist claims the universe’s deepest secrets can be uncovered now, through ultra-rare particle decays, without waiting ...

A dense network of sensors is looking for the fleeting footprints of neutrinos, the most mysterious in the pantheon of known particles.

Alan Herbert, Founder and President of InsideOutBio, discusses the evolution of biological concepts related to DNA and protein structures ...

Avoid sun and heat. Plastics can degrade faster when exposed to ultraviolet light and high temperatures, Dr. Mohanty said. So ...

Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced by human activity. Many of these places, designated as Superfund sites by the ...

Quantum computers need special materials called topological superconductors—but they’ve been notoriously difficult to create. Researchers have now shown they can trigger this exotic state by subtly ...

On February 19, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster fell back toward Earth, its fiery descent slicing across Europe's night sky.

The world is never really at rest. Even in a vacuum near ultracold temperatures where all classical motion should come to a halt, you'll find quantum fluctuations. In thin, two-dimensional materials, ...