Researchers at Leiden University have 3D printed the smallest boat in the world: a 30-micrometer copy of Benchy the…

This week, Colorado-based startup ColdQuanta announced it has put “quantum matter on the cloud.” Which means—what…

In theory, quantum computers should be faster at solving many problems compared to classical computers. But because…

A new way of producing powerful X-ray beams—the brightest on Earth—is now making it possible to create 3D images of…

Experts are still unclear on what material will make the best quantum computer, but one obscure candidate is gaining…

You may think of physics as a way to explain the behaviors of things like black holes, colliding particles, falling…

A mysterious signal has appeared in an extremely sensitive dark matter-hunting experiment. And after more than a…

White supremacy is baked into science and academia, from racist language in textbooks to a culture that excludes…

Scientists have spent three decades trying to locate half of all the “normal” matter that’s supposed to exist in the…

Nearly 14 billion years ago, a universe appeared in an unthinkably high-energy blast. Particles started to…

Scientists at U.S. National Laboratories are still testing nuclear weapons among the mountains, desert, and…

A new study has found that nuclear radiation during Cold War-era weapons testing could have induced significant…

You wake up, slightly intoxicated as tap water rinses over your body. You don’t remember why you’re here, but you’re…

Despite the stereotype of a lone, wild-haired Einstein working tirelessly at a chalkboard, today’s biggest…

Last year, scientists published a paper with an iconic diagram: a black circle representing, to scale, a…

For most of us, traveling faster than the cosmic speed limit—the speed of light—is a science-fiction fantasy that…

Stephen Wolfram, computer scientist, physicist, and CEO of software company Wolfram Research (behind Wolfram Alpha…

Particle physicists have released the results of a decade-long search, taking us a crucial step closer toward…

Scientists think that they’ve spotted a black hole’s gravity bending light emitted from the disk of matter around it…

Is the universe’s expansion the same everywhere? New research suggests it’s not—which could have huge implications…