Push materials to their limits, and strange things can occur – such as the discovery of a previously unknown phase
A new study by scientists has demonstrated how researchers may be able to create an accelerating jet of antimatter from
A newly developed method of levitating and manipulating tiny objects using sound waves could represent a major step forward for
‘Magic angle’ twisted trilayer graphene doesn’t only have an impressively exotic name, it might be a particularly rare type of
A slice of material just a single atom thick is breaking records. The ultra-thin wafer is a magnet that operates
We all know the world desperately needs to transition to renewable power sources – but many of us forget we
Quantum mechanics deals with the behavior of the Universe at the super-small scale: atoms and subatomic particles that operate in
A new way of classifying magnetized plasma has led to the discovery of 10 previously unknown topological phases of plasma.
We’ve got another quantum computing milestone to report, with researchers in China unveiling a super-advanced 66-qubit quantum supercomputer called Zuchongzhi,
Water ice isn’t exactly known for its flexibility. In fact, it’s quite the opposite: rigid and brittle, easily fracturing and
Scientists have succeeded in combining two exciting material types together for the very first time: an ultrathin semiconductor just a
Researchers have demonstrated how to keep a network of nanowires in a state that’s right on what’s known as the
The mineral pyrite was historically nicknamed fool’s gold because of its deceptive resemblance to the precious metal. The term was
Very rarely is anything completely still. All normal matter in the Universe is made of humming particles, minding their own
Smashing together lead particles at 99.9999991 percent the speed of light, scientists have recreated the first matter that appeared after
A two-dimensional material with similar physical properties to graphene has now turned out to blow graphene out of the water
For the first time, scientists have been able to accurately measure the mass of the human chromosome. Using a powerful
The legacy of one of the brightest stars in the physics firmament has been secured. Around 10,000 pages of the
Sailing through the smooth waters of vacuum, a photon of light moves at around 300 thousand kilometers (186 thousand miles)
What’s the price of an accurate clock? Entropy, a new study has revealed. Entropy – or disorder – is created
At 5:29 am on the morning of 16 July 1945, in the state of New Mexico, a dreadful slice of
Over the past five years, a sensor keeping count of neutron emissions deep within the rubble of the Chernobyl nuclear
Quantum entanglement is the binding together of two particles or objects, even though they may be far apart – their
Scientists have discovered a new type of uranium that is the lightest ever known. The discovery could reveal more about a weird
In a major milestone for quantum physics, thousands of molecules have been induced to share the same quantum state, dancing
There’s been a fabulous new achievement in particle physics. For the first time, scientists have managed to image the orbits
The problem starts with Brazil nuts. The large edible seeds are a common fixture in mixed nut bags, but they’re
To make some of the most precise measurements we can of the world around us, scientists tend to go small
This may come as a bit of a shocker, but technically speaking, not all water on Earth is made up
The results from one of the most hotly-anticipated experiments in particle physics are in, and they could be about to
The EM Drive is a hypothetical rocket that proponents claim can generate thrust with no exhaust. This would violate all
Ever wondered if you can cook a chicken solely from the heat generated by slapping it? So did YouTuber Louis
In a mirror Universe where time runs backwards, swapping matter for antimatter should simply bring us full circle and reproduce
We now know how gold crystals start to form at the atomic scale. For the first time, scientists have observed
Peer long enough into the heavens, and the Universe starts to resemble a city at night. Galaxies take on characteristics
A new telescope below the surface of the world’s deepest lake has commenced a hunt for the Universe’s most elusive
Update (24 March 2021): The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment is still insisting there’s a flaw in our best model
Through painstaking work, scientists have found evidence of a quasiparticle that was first imagined as a hypothesis almost 50 years
Early last August, residents near the Lebanese port of Beirut watched in horror as one of the largest non-nuclear, human-caused
In my last post, I talked about the idea of warp drive and whether it might one day be possible.
Russian scientists on Saturday launched one of the world’s biggest underwater space telescopes to peer deep into the Universe from
The tiny gravitational field between two 90-milligram spheres of gold has just been measured for the first time. This makes
Efforts to build a super-fast, super-secure quantum internet are steadily progressing, and scientists have now figured out how an important
This month is a time to celebrate. CERN has just announced the discovery of four brand new particles at the
Like the Universe’s tiniest matryoshka dolls, atoms are typically modelled as particles within particles – a nuclei built of protons
For the first time, physicists have captured an enigmatic state of matter on video. Using a scanning transmission X-ray microscope,
Scientific progress towards a quantum computing future has so far involved lots of different breakthroughs in lots of different (but
Launch yourself from a great enough height and it won’t take long to see which would win in a battle
