What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world’s population – most of them ...

What motivates students from non-traditional backgrounds to choose physics at university? Researchers at Communication and Learning in Science, among others, have investigated this question. The ...

Researchers have announced results from a new search at the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (European XFEL) Facility at ...

From the beginning of time to the origins of life, our "when" special series tackles the timing of crucial events and the ...

By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...

Physicists are challenging long-held beliefs about time, suggesting it may not be a fundamental aspect of reality but rather ...

Using an observatory located deep beneath the Mediterranean Sea, an international team has detected an ultra-high-energy ...

PeV — has been detected by the underwater KM3NeT telescope, marking a pivotal moment in astrophysics. This tiny but powerful ...

Physicists measure the mass of subatomic particles in units called electron volts, or eV. According to theory, the W boson ...

A stunning new discovery reveals that white dwarf stars — once thought to explode in predictable ways — actually detonate through an astonishing variety of mechanisms. From star cannibalism to violent ...

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose ...

The international KM3NeT collaboration, with the participation of the University of Granada, publishes the detection of a neutrino of unknown origin with a record energy of approximately 220 PeV, ...