An artist's concept of multiple types of subatomic particles. Forget about turtles; for all practical purposes, it’s really particles all the way down. Consider the seemingly simple matter of their ...
How did the universe come into being? There are a multitude of theories on this subject. In a Physical Review Letters paper, ...
Our universe is dominated by a mysterious matter known as dark matter. Its name comes from the fact that dark matter does not absorb, reflect or emit electromagnetic radiation, making it difficult to ...
An international team of researchers led by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has shed light on a ...
University of Mississippi researchers supported a groundbreaking international study that has produced the most precise ...
Impressively, the world's hottest engine could alter our understanding of thermodynamics as well as human diseases.
"It's possible we will see the new data and confirm one theory over the other — or maybe we'll find nothing, in which case it ...
Scientists have built the world’s smallest engine. It consists of a single microscopic particle, smaller than a human cell, levitating in a vacuum. By rattling this lone particle with “noisy” ...
On human timescales, the universe may as well be eternal. It’ll be here long after our species and our planet are gone, but ...
Scientists recently fired up the world's smallest particle accelerator for the first time. The tiny technological triumph, which is around the size of a small coin, could open the door to a wide range ...