Scientists in South Korea have begun developing a room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor, if new claims are to be believed. The claim is published in a paper …
Quarks are the smallest form of matter that we know of. So small, in fact, that studying it in any meaningful way has proven nearly …
Time travel might seem like nothing more than science fiction, but scientists actually say that isn’t the case at all. Time travel could actually be …
The laws of physics do not exist, a theoretical physicist named Sankar Das Sarma argues in a new column published by New Scientist. While we …
The simulation theory is an old belief that everything we know and love is just part of a computer-run simulation. It’s a belief that relies …
In 1999, a Danish physicist named Lene Hau did the unthinkable. She slowed the speed of light. It was a remarkable move that completely changed …
The fine folks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been in the news a lot recently. Not only are they hunting for dark …
Scientists managed to observe one of the rarest physics events ever while hunting for dark matter. Researchers with the XENON Collaboration were busy hunting for …
Physicists have discovered that certain magnetic material freezes when the temperature rises to a certain point. We’ve typically only seen this behavior when we cool …
Scientists have discovered a new, mysterious particle. Of course, making new discoveries is exciting. But, perhaps the most exciting thing about this particle is that …
Researchers attempting to solve the problem of dark matter have proposed a particle that can travel to an unseen fifth dimension. The work is entirely …
Researchers say that if you’re worried about paradoxes in time travel, you shouldn’t be. Based on a lot of complex math, the team says they’ve …
Scientists used gravitational-wave data to detect the merger of two smaller black holes and the formation of a larger one. The larger black hole is …
A new study took a microscopic look at razors to determine why they go dull when cutting soft material such as hair. The team found …
When astronomers gaze into space they can see many different things. Galaxies, stars, and even black holes can be spotted from our place here on …
We’ve already seen sound waves do some pretty amazing things. For example, they can turn a regular, boring stream of water into a mesmerizing work of …
Most of us think we have a pretty solid grasp on basic physics, and one of the assumptions we’ve come to form is that any …
It’s been over half a decade since scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) managed to capture what they believed was the elusive “God …
Albert Einstein dedicated his life to the pursuit of knowledge, even if he couldn’t always prove that his theories made sense. Many of the things …
Space is a chilly place, but scientists aboard the International Space Station are about to make it just a little bit colder — temporarily, at …
Stephen Hawking pushed off of this mortal coil last week, but the world-famous physicist was pondering some of humanity’s most puzzling questions right up until …
If you paid attention in science class you know that atoms make up everything. They’re the smallest unit of matter, and everything you’ve ever touched, …
We live in a three-dimensional reality. Because of that, it’s pretty hard to imagine what a four-dimensional reality might be like, but that isn’t stopping …
Hacking as it relates to cyber warfare and espionage is as hot a topic as it’s ever been, and everyone from the government to major …
Physicists love conducting strange, if not wholly bizarre and seemingly dangerous, experiments in order to showcase whatever scientific principles they’re trying to impart to students …
Researchers have proposed interesting new theories about time that have one thing in common: they say time might be flowing in the opposite direction in a …
Science can just be so cool. If you want further evidence of this, you should watch an incredible new video of a basketball being dropped …
