Physicists have transformed a decades-old technique for simplifying quantum equations into a reusable, user-friendly ...

It is something like the "Holy Grail" of physics: unifying particle physics and gravitation. The world of tiny particles is ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

By establishing a larger principle for how things shatter, certain energy-intensive tasks could gain an advantage.

New results from the MicroBooNE experiment at Fermilab found no evidence of a hypothetical fourth flavor of neutrino ...

Two papers challenged the existence of theorized particles called sterile neutrinos that might account for mysteries like the ...

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought ...

A subtle timing flash may expose the Unruh effect. The approach ties ordinary lab tools to deep quantum physics. Researchers ...

Foothill College physics instructors Frank Cascarano and David Marasco are gearing up to create fire using mirrors, drop eggs ...

Nearly nine out of ten campuses offering physics courses offer an algebra- and trigonometry-based course; nonetheless, this ...

Physicists have chased a unified description of nature for more than a century, yet quantum theory and gravity have ...