How is matter different from mass? These and other questions about the deepest levels of physics, answered inside.

"You're very clever, young man, very clever ... Conserved quantities in physics include charge, linear and angular momentum, and mass-energy, the latter of which is the relationship Einstein ...

The famous second law of thermodynamics says that the world gets more and more disordered when random chance is at play. Or, ...

An article published in the journal Optica describes the development of a new experimental device that explores the boundary between classical and quantum physics, allowing the simultaneous ...

Work reveals new ways to understand and manipulate electrons in materials. MIT physicists, in collaboration with colleagues, ...

Quantum computing has been on the horizon for what feels like decades. But with the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) over the past year or so, the quantum computing future could be upon us.

Physicists from Imperial College London have achieved a groundbreaking milestone in quantum physics by reimagining the classic double-slit experiment—this time in the dimension of time. Led by ...

Quantum computing is hot right now. Shares of pure play quantum computing stocks have been soaring, and the hype train has clearly left the station. Investors should know, however, that quantum ...

Tractor beams using light or sound have existed for a while. Lasers can be used to create optical tweezers, a development that got Arthur Ashkin a Nobel prize in 2018 – so it is possible to move and ...

Their idea turned out to be wrong, but in interesting and provocative ways, and it demonstrates the intense turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum mechanics Brilliant mind Illustration of the ...

Physics attempts to both answer philosophical questions about the nature of the universe and provide solutions to technological problems. Quantum thermodynamics has provided theoretical insights ...