On Oct. 25, the Harvard Pops Orchestra transformed Lowell Lecture Hall into a world of whimsy and campus satire with their fall concert, “Through the Looking Glass.” ...

This Chalk Talk highlights applications of a discrete Gaussian in various areas, following a 2025 paper by Chinta, Jorgenson, Karlsson, and Smajlović. The topics include heat diffusion, Bessel ...

Unsplash Most people assume that because I’m a physics major, I’m a STEM major — but at this college, that acronym doesn’t ...

That’s what happens at Red Hut Café in Stateline, Nevada, where the biscuits and gravy aren’t just breakfast – they’re an experience worth crossing state lines for. Nestled near the sparkling shores ...

For those with a sweet tooth, Bit of Heaven Bakery lives up to its name with pastries and desserts that might make you consider moving to Columbus permanently. Their pecan pie could end family feuds – ...

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A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a surprising source of entropy in quantum timekeeping—the act of measurement itself. In a study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists ...

In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge. The lecture was called ...

IBM announced during the 2025 Quantum Developer Conference on Wednesday that it expects to reach quantum advantage by 2026, ...

Researchers have found something that defies physics: an insulator exhibiting quantum oscillations like a metal. Uncover this ...

This paper describes the eccentricity, amplitude, phase shift, angular momentum, polarization, radial path, and orbital ...

The trio were honored for their discovery of macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy quantization in an electrical circuit. STOCKHOLM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The strange world of quantum physics, where ...