In the race to uncover the deepest secrets of the universe, researchers are turning to powerful new tools. One of the most ...

A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles—a new category of quantum particle—could be created in exotic materials.

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum ...

Black hole and Big Bang singularities break our best theory of gravity. A trilogy of theorems hints that physicists must go ...

Discover the fascinating world of particle physics — the most fundamental building blocks of the universe and the forces that ...

Statistical mechanics is one of the pillars of modern physics. Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) and Josiah Willard Gibbs ...

Putting hypersensitive quantum sensors in a living cell is a promising path for tracking cell growth and diagnosing ...

Challenging conventional wisdom, modern science explores concepts that redefine life and death, suggesting death might be a ...

Physicists have discovered that placing a particle at the center of a mirror can silence quantum noise by making it ...

Physicists at the University of Swansea in the UK have used mirrors to significantly reduce the so-called quantum noise, ...

One of the first and most promising uses scientists envision for the rapidly evolving technology of quantum computing is a new approach to drug development.