A new theory-based approach provides access to the minute transverse motion of quarks within protons. Nuclear physicists have developed a new theoretical framework that allows them to calculate a ...

Ars Technica: The Voyager Golden Record is perhaps the best known example of humans attempting to communicate with an alien species, spearheaded by the late Carl Sagan, among others. But what are the ...

When speed records aren’t enough, the next frontier becomes defying physics itself. In this story, a veteran racer recounts ...

Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids. How do you explain the laws of physics to a toddler?

A tool called AI-Newton can derive scientific laws from raw data, but is some way from developing human-like reasoning.

The old computer science curriculum isn’t doing the job it should in preparing students for the modern realities of wrangling ...

A single-photon switch uses a quantum emitter, such as a quantum dot or a superconducting qubit, coupled to a nanophotonic ...

A pulse of light sets the tempo in the material. Atoms in a crystalline sheet just a few atoms thick begin to move—not ...

Google DeepMind’s Weather Lab only began releasing forecasts in June, and it’s out-performing traditional models.

Researchers found that tau proteins don’t jump straight into forming Alzheimer’s-associated fibrils—first they assemble into ...

All the same, I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that Pokémon, as a framework, is criminally underutilized. I’m not talking ...

Tsunamis are notoriously difficult to spot on the open ocean as they race towards shore. But in the summer of 2025, ...