New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe's ...

Scientists have unlocked a new way to control ionization, the process where atoms lose electrons, using specially designed light beams By leveraging optical vortex beams, light that carries angular ...

Light is closely integrated with our intellectual, philosophical and scientific discourse. The exact nature of light has remained a mystery since we stepped on earth. Newton postulated the corpuscular ...

Work on the nuclear clock is being carried out by scientists at JILA, led by JILA and NIST Fellow and University of Colorado Boulder physics professor Jun Ye, in collaboration wit ...

Now, the team believes that because time crystals and quasicrystals are sensitive to quantum forces like magnetism, they could serve as long-lasting quantum sensors that never need recharging. This, ...

Physicists at Washington University have forged ahead in the field of quantum mechanics by creating a new phase of matter ...

Sonoma State University has proposed eliminating Division II sports and about two dozen degree programs. “It's just watching ...

On Pi Day, students and faculty from the physics and math departments competed to see which department could finish one whole ...

When I was a teenager, a professor my parents knew heard that I wanted to major in physics. Because I am blind, he told my parents that wouldn’t be possible: “Physicists,” he informed us, “have to be ...

A study finds that even in the most optimistic scenarios, grass-fed beef produces no less planet-warming carbon emissions ...

SEMO professor Jonathan Kessler arrested on charges of child endangerment, domestic assault, and unlawful weapon use. His ...

Interdisciplinarity is at the heart of UC San Diego’s Department of Philosophy, which invites students to explore philosophy ...