Quantum technology is no longer confined to the lab – it’s making its way into our everyday lives. Now, it’s
When you look at your surrounding environment, it might seem like you’re living on a flat plane. After all, this
An experiment bludgeoning special lead atoms with high-speed particles has revealed a shocking surprise. Far from the perfect sphere physicists
Previously predicted by theoretical models, we now have the first experimental observation of plastic Ice VII. That might sound like
A tank of the purest water, buried under kilometers of rock in Ontario, Canada, flashed as a barely detectable particle
When Isaac Newton inscribed onto parchment his now-famed laws of motion in 1687, he could have only hoped we’d be
No matter how hard we try, we can’t remember tomorrow. And physicists have no idea why. In hope of discovering
Scientists have found a new way that materials can form ‘memories’ about what’s happened to them in the past, potentially
Our entire reality could – in theory – be built on a bed of sand, teetering on the brink of
Earth’s magnetic field dramatically flipped a little more than 40,000 years ago. We can now experience this epic upheaval, thanks
The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. And those still functional
In a groundbreaking use of teleportation, critical units of a quantum processor have been successfully spread across multiple computers, proving
Forced to run a labyrinth of carbon atoms uniquely arranged in twisted stacks, electrons do some rather peculiar things. Researchers
Hard-boiled, soft-boiled or poached. Scientists have studied how to cook the perfect egg and have come up with a new
Earth’s magnetosphere is a guiding beacon for a variety of species capable of sensing its presence. Physicists have now discovered
A paradox at the heart of quantum physics has been tested in an extraordinary fashion, pushing the boundaries of human
An experiment in Sweden has demonstrated control over a novel kind of magnetism, giving scientists a new way to explore
Scientists just set a new record in attempts to create an ‘artificial Sun’ down here on planet Earth. The team
It’s time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, as the position of the magnetic North Pole is officially
Having a talent for hula hooping could be more down to your body shape than your technique, according to a
A ground-based observing facility tasked with recording the flare of the northern lights has captured images of an inexplicable pale
Tourists of time all know one rule: never change the past. Whether it’s preventing your own conception or handing the
Quantum mechanics has long classified particles into just two distinct types: fermions and bosons. Now physicists from Rice University in
In October 2022, scientists detected the explosive death of a star 2.4 billion light-years away that was brighter than any
A new breakthrough may help scientists solve some of the mysteries of the quantum realm. For the first time, physicists
In 1935, Austrian-born physicist Erwin Schrödinger described a thought experiment that magnified a glaring problem at the heart of quantum
There might not be a mysterious ‘dark’ force accelerating the expansion of the Universe after all. The truth could be
Stealing from the company’s bank accounts could earn you time in the big house. But embezzlement from a quantum ledger
The quantum entanglement of particles is now an established art. You take two or more unmeasured particles and correlate them
A quantum state of light has been successfully teleported through more than 30 kilometers (around 18 miles) of fiber optic
With billions of children around the world anxiously waiting for their presents, Father Christmas (or Santa) and his reindeer must
File this under ‘That’s not supposed to happen!’. In an experiment, scientists observed a metal healing itself. If this process
Scientists have long known that light can sometimes appear to exit a material before entering it – an effect dismissed
It’s time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, and (given the time of year) Santa’s sleigh: the position
In case dark matter didn’t seem mysterious enough, a new study proposes that it could have arisen before the Big
Scientists have made a satisfying and intriguing physics discovery some 16 years after it was first predicted to be a
Mathematicians aren’t usually the first point of call on moving day. And really, why should they be? For nearly 60
Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity, is famously incomplete. As proven by physics Nobel laureate Roger Penrose, when matter
An experiment more than 10 years in the making has delivered its first glimpse of the hurricane of particles whirring
