SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsPhysicists Got a Quantum Computer to Work by Blasting It With the Fibonacci SequenceAn experiment involving a Fibonacci pattern of laser pulses apparently yielded a new state of matter.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedOctober 19, 2022Comments (80)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsScientists Studying Spooky Particles Win Nobel Prize in PhysicsThree physicists have won the award for their work in understanding quantum entanglement.ByKevin HurlerPublishedOctober 4, 2022Comments (2)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsSome Lucky U.S. Northerners Might See the Aurora Thursday and FridayThe U.S. also warns some unlucky folks could potentially experience power outages and radio signal issues as a…ByKyle BarrPublishedAugust 18, 2022Comments (11)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsPhysicists Devised a Way to See Elusive ‘Unruh Effect’ in the LabA predicted cousin of Hawking radiation may be coming to a tabletop near you.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 19, 2022Comments (11)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsA Super-Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Just Booted UpPhysicists are stoked about the possibilities of LUX-ZEPLIN, an underground experiment in South Dakota.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 7, 2022Comments (9)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsLarge Hadron Collider Physicists Discover Three New Exotic ParticlesA pentaquark and two tetraquarks are the latest subatomic particles observed by the LHCb Collaboration.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 5, 2022Comments (13)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysics10 Years After the Higgs Boson, What's the Next Big Thing for Physics?We asked physicists to predict the discoveries that will blow our minds in the coming years.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 2, 2022Comments (8)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsNew Optical Illusion Makes 86% of People Feel Like They're Falling Into a Black HoleResearchers discovered an optical illusion that provides new insights into human vision.ByAndrew LiszewskiPublishedJune 1, 2022Comments (34)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsMIT's 'Sun-in-a-Box' Uses Light as an Efficient Form of EnergyA new heat engine is highly efficient and designed to work in tandem with renewable sources of energy.ByKevin HurlerPublishedMay 12, 2022Comments (6)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsThe Large Hadron Collider Rebooted and Immediately Broke a World RecordThe newly upgraded particle collider just shot protons to higher energies than ever before.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 26, 2022Comments (15)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsScientists Invent Device for Optimally Separating OreosMade from simple items, the Oreometer turns snacking into a science.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 19, 2022Comments (27)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsI Walked Inside America's Newest Particle AcceleratorA plunge into the latest in high-energy X-ray physics.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 14, 2022Comments (9)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsMore Efficient Transistor Poses Threat to Silicon's Reign, Say EngineersA new, more energy efficient transistor may cut global digital energy consumption and make devices smaller and…ByKevin HurlerPublishedApril 14, 2022Comments (14)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsCosmic 'Lighthouses' That Beam Gamma Rays Could Reveal Gravitational Waves All Around UsPulsars scattered throughout the galaxy provide a novel way to see ripples in spacetime.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 8, 2022Comments (4)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysics‘Huh, That’s Funny’: Physicists Delighted by New Measurement for the W BosonAn elementary particle is way bigger than expected, putting it at odds with the Standard Model.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 7, 2022Comments (26)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsThese Souped-Up X-rays Are Nearly Ready to Zap StuffAn upgraded particle accelerator in California is about to power some incredible science.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 6, 2022Comments (20)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsPhysicists Defy Haters, Create Tetragonal IceA diamond anvil squashed water ice into a never-before-seen transitional form that may exist on other planets.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 22, 2022Comments (42)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsRussians Barred From New Large Hadron Collider Experiments Over Ukraine InvasionThe CERN Council condemned the invasion and said there would be no new collaborations with the Russian scientific…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 8, 2022Comments (2)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsPhysicists Spotted a Rare ‘X’ Particle From the Beginning of the UniverseX (3872) is a short-lived particle that was recently resurrected in Switzerland.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 28, 2022Comments (12)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsThere Are 40,000,000,000,000,000,000+ Black Holes in the Observable Universe, Says New EstimateThe team of astrophysicists found that 1% of ordinary matter may be stored away in the lightless spheres.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 20, 2022Comments (12)