The spiritual view of life is trapped between two opposite words, physics and metaphysics, the study of the physical world and the study of what might lie beyond the physical. Given a choice ...

Experts believe the universe may have a built-in 'self-destruct button' called false vacuum decay which could destroy the ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

The discovery, made with the LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio instrument in Europe, indicates that galaxy clusters, which ...

Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in physics: string theory. This rare particle—never seen before and predicted not ...

The race to build the first useful quantum computer is on and may revolutionize the world with brand new capabilities, from ...

Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help ...

For the first time, an international team of scientists has experimentally simulated spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) at zero temperature using a superconducting quantum processor. This achievement ...

A precious metal used everywhere from car exhaust systems to fuel cells, platinum is an incredibly efficient catalyst—but it's costly and carbon-intensive. Now, a serendipitous collaboration between ...

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong studying the structure of 2D materials have predicted new types of phase transitions that have yet to be seen in experiments ...

It takes advantage of the quantum states of particles, such as photons, to produce a shared random and secret key known only to the communicating parties, which can later be used to encrypt and ...

Magnetic particles with high permeabilities and moments, and low losses, have considerable potential for high-frequency power applications. In this paper, we report on spherical Co/sub 50/Fe/sub 50/ ...