A series of quantum physics experiments and theoretical papers now suggest that heat can flow spontaneously from a cold ...

Duke Quantum Center researchers use a neutral-atom platform to simulate unusual localization effects that could underpin robust quantum information storage.

CERN's ALICE experiment has resolved the puzzle of deuteron formation, showing that most deuterons form via resonance-driven coalescence after collisions cool.

Using gold flakes, salt water, and light, scientists have made the universe’s invisible binding forces visible in color. The discovery opens new possibilities for studying how matter organizes itself ...

California-based fusion start-up Inertia Enterprises has raises $450m to commercialise laser-driven inertial fusion and build grid-scale power plants.

A biomaterial that increases its strength when in contact with water could provide a biodegradable alternative to plastics ...

Quantum computers struggle because their qubits are incredibly easy to disrupt, especially during calculations. A new ...

After 25 years, Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider—the U.S.’s largest particle collider—has ...

When the universe first burst into being, all of space was a cosmic cauldron filled with a roiling, fiery liquid of ...

In 1930, a young physicist named Carl D. Anderson was tasked by his mentor with measuring the energies of cosmic rays—particles arriving at high speed from outer space.

Tiny, invisible gases long thought to be irrelevant in cloud formation may actually play a major role in determining whether clouds form—and possibly whether it rains.

Most of the universe is made of dark matter and dark energy, yet scientists still don’t know what either one is. New ultra-sensitive detectors are being built to spot incredibly rare particle ...