Neutron stars are ultra-dense star remnants made up primarily of nucleons (i.e., protons and neutrons). Over the course of ...

Last December physicists working on fusion claimed a breakthrough. A team at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California announced it had extracted more energy from a controlled nuclear fusion ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Tim Hsieh of Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. We explore some of today’s hottest topics in quantum science and technology ...

Not even the most advanced physics can reveal everything we want to know about the history and future of the cosmos, or about ourselves. An infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

If there is time reversibility, we ought to see precognition sneak through the cracks of our perception toward our conscious ...

In the near future, commuting to work won't be such an agonizing chore because cars will drive themselves. Already, driverless cars, using GPS to locate their position within a few feet, can drive ...

The first clear crackle of Martian lightning has finally reached human ears, captured by a microphone bolted to a rover ...

The research team has observed Floquet effects in graphene, paving the way for innovative new technologies. Graphene is a remarkable "miracle" material, consisting of a single, atom-thin layer of ...

Since formalizing a partnership last fall, APL and Intuitive Machines have made marked progress toward building ...

The physics of the cut itself becomes a storm of extreme heat and pressure, causing rapid tool wear and introducing stresses into components where perfect reliability is the only acceptable standard.

Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, ...