Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Caltech have finally solved a decades-old mystery about how ...

For over a decade, a dim but persistent glow near the center of the Milky Way has confused astronomers. This mysterious ...

Auburn scientists have designed new materials that manipulate free electrons to unlock groundbreaking applications. These ...

Electrons in two-dimensional (2D) systems placed under strong magnetic fields often behave in unique ways, prompting the ...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important ...

In 1992, three physicists began an argument about how many numbers we need to fully describe the universe. Their surprisingly ...

Electrons in graphene just broke their own sound barrier. Scientists created a controllable electronic shockwave inside a ...

A research team led by Rice University physicist Frank Geurts has successfully measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma ...

The measurement problem in quantum mechanics looks at how an experimental outcome changes, simply by observing it.

Physicists found signs of a key shift in nuclear matter, a potential "tipping point." The study narrows where the strong ...

Human sperm can swim through surprisingly viscous fluids with ease – and they seemingly defy Newton's third law of motion to ...