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New research upends the common assumption that sound waves are weightless. It turns out they carry a trace amount of mass in the form of phonons.

Sound May Be Carried by Tiny Particles With Negative Gravity

By Dan Robitzski

A quantum radio chip allows researchers to tune in to the smallest radio frequencies

Researchers Tune in to Smallest Radio Frequency in Quantum Mechanics

Researchers believe the strange behavior of galaxies could be caused by the combined mass of untold zillions of photons and not dark matter.

New Theory: Mass of Photons Could Explain Effects of Dark Matter

By Jon Christian

Cosmologists have long sought to reconcile differences among calculations and observations of how fast the universe is growing. A new idea may explain how.

Bizarre New Theory: Something Tampered With the Early Universe

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists say a new map of how structures of dark matter have grown throughout the life of the universe could upend current understanding of physics.

New Map of Dark Matter Breaks Scientists’ Understanding of Physics

By Jon Christian

To prevent high-energy plasma from breaking down fusion experiments, Princeton physicists built a railgun to disperse the plasma's built-up energy.

New Railgun-Like Device Stabilizes Fusion Reactions

By Dan Robitzski

An array of solar panels, which could be improved by nanomaterials, stands in a field.

Self-Assembling Nanomaterials Could Improve Solar Panels

New research suggests that supermassive black holes formed in halos of dark matter that serve as "gravitational glue" for galaxies.

New Theory: Vast, Ancient Black Holes Formed Because of Dark Matter

By Jon Christian

Experimental nuclear fusion reactors tend to leak out high-energy particles. New computer simulations may help scientists prevent that loss of energy.

Scientists Found a New Way to Make Fusion Reactors More Efficient

By Dan Robitzski

A small, levitating glass bead the size of a virus might be the long-awaited key to directly observing dark matter, if new research is to be believed.

A Floating, Virus-Sized Bead Could Help Find Dark Matter

By Dan Robitzski

Vast New Particle Accelerator Would Dwarf Large Hadron Collider

Vast New Particle Accelerator Would Dwarf Large Hadron Collider

By Jon Christian

IBM has unveiled a sleek, and sexy commercial quantum computer called the IBM Q System One at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

IBM Just Unveiled Its First Commercial Quantum Computer

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new theory, the Big Bang also generated a second "anti-universe" that extended backwards in time, like a mirror image of our own.

New Theory: “Mirror Image” of Our Universe Existed Before Big Bang

By Jon Christian

An artist's depiction of what Excitons look like in advanced electronics

A Physics Breakthrough Could Lead to a New Generation of Advanced Electronics

According to a new essay, several companies trying to develop nuclear fusion reactors believe they're getting pretty close.

Expert: “I’m 100 Percent Confident” Fusion Power Will Be Practical

By Dan Robitzski

A new model for backwards time travel debunks one of the main reasons scientists assumed it was possible. But that doesn't make it any easier.

A New Model Debunks a Popular Argument Against Time Travel

By Dan Robitzski

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will provide the best measurements to date on dark energy's impact on the universe.

Telescope Upgrade Will Create the Most Detailed Map of the Universe Ever

By Dan Robitzski

The Large Hadron Collider was shut down for routine maintenance on Monday. Come 2021, CERN scientists will have equipped it with all new accelerators.

The Large Hadron Collider Just Shut Down

By Dan Robitzski

Next week, the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) is set to meet and redefine the kilogram. It's a bizarre step forward for science.

The Metric System Is About To Get a Long-Anticipated Upgrade

By Dan Robitzski

New AI Thinks Like a Scientist to Explain the Physics of Virtual Worlds

New AI Thinks Like a Scientist to Explain the Physics of Virtual Worlds

By Dan Robitzski

A retroactive look at a two year old study suggests that a type of photosynthetic bacteria interacted with individual photons at the quantum scale.

Scientists May Have Put Microbes in a State of Quantum Entanglement

By Dan Robitzski

Particle accelerators can lead to major breakthroughs in our understanding of the universe, and now, we may have a better way to create them.

An Acceleration Breakthrough Could Fundamentally Change How We Study Particles

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from CERN have just moved one step closer to cooling antimatter, which should make it easier for us to study the mysterious substance.

We’re Almost Able to Cool Antimatter. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.

By Kristin Houser

A number of scientifically sound studies all reached different conclusions when trying to figure out the universe's expansion rate.

Figuring out How Fast the Universe Is Expanding Might Require a New Type of Physics

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Invented A Real-Life Flux Capacitor

Quantum Physics

Scientists Invented A Real-Life Flux Capacitor

By Kristin Houser

Impossible Physics: Meet NASA’s Design for a Warp Drive Ship

Impossible Physics: Meet NASA’s Design for a Warp Drive Ship

By Jolene Creighton

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Scientists Have an Experiment to See If the Human Mind Is Bound to the Physical World

“Holy Grail” Particle: New Physics Research Shows Tetraquarks Must Exist

“Holy Grail” Particle: New Physics Research Shows Tetraquarks Must Exist

Three Things You Need to Know About Google’s New Quantum Processor

Quantum Physics

Three Things You Need to Know About Google’s New Quantum Processor

Here’s How You Could Survive Being Sucked Into a Black Hole

Here’s How You Could Survive Being Sucked Into a Black Hole

Why Do We Want To Find Neutrinos, Anyway?

Why Do We Want To Find Neutrinos, Anyway?

By Chelsea Gohd

To Measure the Universe’s Expansion, We Might Need New Physics

To Measure the Universe’s Expansion, We Might Need New Physics

CERN Researchers Are Planning to Trap and Truck Antimatter From One Facility to Another

CERN Researchers Are Planning to Trap and Truck Antimatter From One Facility to Another

By Chelsea Gohd

Physicists Have Made the Second-Ever Observation of Interacting Photons

Physicists Have Made the Second-Ever Observation of Interacting Photons

By Chelsea Gohd

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Quantum Physics

Quantum Video Call Displays the Future of Secure Communication

A New Information Engine is Pushing the Boundaries of Thermodynamics

A New Information Engine is Pushing the Boundaries of Thermodynamics

By Chelsea Gohd

Could We Levitate Humans With the World’s Most Powerful Acoustic Tractor Beam?

Could We Levitate Humans With the World’s Most Powerful Acoustic Tractor Beam?

By Chelsea Gohd

CERN Scientist on What Physicists Have Left to Discover After Higgs Boson

CERN Scientist on What Physicists Have Left to Discover After Higgs Boson

By Chelsea Gohd

For the First Time, Physicists Accelerated Light Beams in Curved Space in the Lab

For the First Time, Physicists Accelerated Light Beams in Curved Space in the Lab

By Chelsea Gohd

This Year, We’ll See a Black Hole for the First Time in History

This Year, We’ll See a Black Hole for the First Time in History

By Kristin Houser

How Einstein’s “Spooky Action” Could Help Secure Quantum Networks

How Einstein’s “Spooky Action” Could Help Secure Quantum Networks

By Chelsea Gohd

Scientists Are Rethinking the Very Nature of Space and Time

Scientists Are Rethinking the Very Nature of Space and Time

By Kristin Houser

Parallel Universes Could Solve One of the Biggest Mysteries in Physics

Parallel Universes Could Solve One of the Biggest Mysteries in Physics

New Device Lets Scientists Explore Physics Near Absolute Zero

New Device Lets Scientists Explore Physics Near Absolute Zero

By Chelsea Gohd

Physicists Have Discovered a Way to Track Unobserved Quantum Particles

Physicists Have Discovered a Way to Track Unobserved Quantum Particles

By Chelsea Gohd

A New Experiment May Finally Reveal the True Nature of Gravity

Quantum Physics

A New Experiment May Finally Reveal the True Nature of Gravity

The Science of Death: The Best Eulogy, According to a Physicist

The Science of Death: The Best Eulogy, According to a Physicist

By Jolene Creighton

Scientists Have Discovered a New Form of Matter Called “Excitonium”

Scientists Have Discovered a New Form of Matter Called “Excitonium”

By Chelsea Gohd

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Scientists Experimentally Demonstrate the “Reversal of the Arrow of Time”

By Chelsea Gohd

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A Probe Detected a Mysterious Signal That Physics Can’t Explain

First Ever Open Access Data From the Large Hadron Collider Helped Physicists Confirm Subatomic Patterns

First Ever Open Access Data From the Large Hadron Collider Helped Physicists Confirm Subatomic Patterns

By Claudia Geib

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Quantum Physics

Scientists Confirmed the Theory Behind the Quantum Networks of the Future

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Quantum Physics

Antibiotics Dosed With Quantum Dots Are 1,000 Times Better at Killing Superbugs

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Quantum Physics

MIT Just Unveiled A Technique to Mass Produce Quantum Computers

By Chelsea Gohd

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New Ultra Lightweight “Fluid Armor” Can Stop a .44 Magnum Bullet

By Patrick Caughill

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Quantum Physics

A New Quantum Probe Lets Us See Electron Flow

New Equation Explains Quantum Chaos

Quantum Physics

New Equation Explains Quantum Chaos

By Chelsea Gohd

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Physicists: Time Crystals Exist, and We Can Create Them

Scientists Develop New Methods to Manipulate Quantum Particles

Quantum Physics

Scientists Develop New Methods to Manipulate Quantum Particles

Quantum Breakthrough: Physicists Have Once More Created Time Crystals

Quantum Breakthrough: Physicists Have Once More Created Time Crystals

This Handheld Detector Spotted A Never-Before-Seen Physics Phenomenon

This Handheld Detector Spotted A Never-Before-Seen Physics Phenomenon

By Claudia Geib

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For the First Time, Scientists Have Measured the Earth’s Ability to Absorb Neutrinos

The Future of Cybersecurity Is in High-Speed Quantum Encryption

Quantum Physics

The Future of Cybersecurity Is in High-Speed Quantum Encryption

Berry curvature, as illustrated by twisting ribbons.

Physicists Take Steps Towards Measuring Unmeasurable Berry Curvature

By Chelsea Gohd