At the turn of the century, it sounded as if string theory could give us big answers about the universe. Well… has it?

Physics is this close to understanding the entire universe. And what lives in this gap? Many physicists think it’s the ...

He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with Francois Englert in 2013. Edinburgh University said Prof Higgs left ...

When we think creatively, produce novel ideas, or otherwise have “Eureka” moments, we may actually unlock access to a ...

Nine graduates from South Africa and one from Botswana have been chosen as the region’s next cohort of Rhodes Scholars, and ...

The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ...

A late physicist and professor at Edinburgh University who discovered the ‘god particle’ has donated his Nobel Prize medal to ...

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Quark-gluon plasma, a bizarre state of matter that mimics the early cosmos, is the hottest thing ever made on Earth ...

A research team from the Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology (APM) of the Chinese Academy of ...

Whether infection of cells by individual virions occurs randomly or if there is some form (s) of competition or cooperativity between individual virions remains largely unknown for most virus-cell ...

Far above Earth, scientists are using quantum sensors to listen for the faintest whispers of unseen forces that may weave through the universe. Scientists are constantly searching for new clues about ...