An old puzzle in particle physics has been solved: How can quantum field theories be best formulated on a lattice to ...
Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...
Electrons are usually described as particles, but in a rare quantum material, that picture completely breaks down ...
The ice in a domestic freezer is remarkably different from the single crystals that form in snow clouds, or even those formed ...
The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study suggests this mysterious ingredient may not be necessary after all. Using an ...
Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.
By bringing the long-standing and opposing views of quantum mechanics together to form a single cohesive theory, a research ...
An obscure theory of elementary particles proved to be key to China’s re-emergence as a scientific nation after the Cultural ...
When molecular biologist Francis Crick tripped on the psychedelic drug LSD in 1953, his mind famously pulled together all of his previous research on human DNA to conceive of the image of a double ...
In this 2011 image, a NASA engineer looks on as the first six of the James Webb Space Telescope's 18 mirror segments are prepped to begin their final cryogenic testing. Engineers spent three decades ...