In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have detected a previously unknown quantum force capable of bending light in ...

Irish physicist William Rowan Hamilton’s pioneering work contained hints of the enigmatic wave–particle duality that governs the universe.

In an article published in Communications Physics, researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Institute for ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, physicists have observed light traveling in reverse, an event that significantly challenges ...

A course offered at the University of Wisconsin has long been connecting seemingly unrelated fields — the sciences and arts — into an interdisciplinary education. Physics 109 — Physics in the Arts — ...

Can we turn back time? Ask a savvy physicist, and the answer will be “it depends.” Schemes for retrograde time travel abound but usually involve irreconcilable paradoxes and rely on outlandish ...

When the moon is completely enveloped by the Earth's shadow, yet glows with a mysterious dark red light—this astronomical wonder known as a total lunar eclipse actually conceals two core concepts from ...

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While many plans for quantum computers transmit data using the particles of light known as photons, researchers from the ...

Dark matter has bewildered scientists for centuries. It makes up most of the universe’s matter, but it can’t be seen directly ...

Supriya Chakrabarti, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Director, Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology will ...

Physics is the study of the underlying laws and mechanisms explaining how the universe works. Most of what we do in daily life is based on a principle or law of physics—dealing with forces, motion, ...