You can open a wine bottle using a blowtorch, where heat builds pressure until the cork pops out on its own.

A quantum spin liquid is a phase of matter in which the magnetic moments in a material do not align or freeze, even at ...

Researchers have discovered a new way to tune the quantum properties of tiny defects in diamond—by gently stretching or ...

Physicists have taken a major step toward using AI not just to analyze data, but to uncover entirely new laws of nature. By ...

A decade-long effort to measure one of physics’ most fundamental constants culminates in a moment of uncertainty and revelation.

Scientists from collaborations at Fermilab, CERN and Brookhaven National Laboratory have won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in ...

Physicists have used a machine learning approach to reveal unexpected details about how particles interact in complex systems. Their work focuses on ...

A simple balloon shouldn’t be dangerous. But underwater, everything changes. As pressure builds and conditions shift, this ...

A tiny silica bead, just 100 nanometers across, sits suspended in a vacuum and vibrates under the grip of laser light. Those ...

Researchers at Stockholm University in Sweden have found experimental evidence of a long-predicted critical point in water at ...

Through research collaboration, open sharing of expertise and partnerships with international institutions, Chinese ...

If you understand how things work,” she says, “you can do things with that knowledge.” But she’s in this to solve an ...