How much faster could engineering progress with an artificial intelligence oracle that could answer any physics question?

A research team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a new method to uncover the atomic origins of unusual ...

In June, the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published an unprecedented 40-year strategy for US ...

Supriya Chakrabarti, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Director, Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology will ...

A levitated nanoscale particle in vacuum represents an isolated system where researchers can study the transition between classical and quantum mechanics. It also offers a testbed for building new ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. In a ...

A method for characterizing quantum measurement devices completes the suite of 'tomography techniques', which should enable us to learn all there is to know about a given quantum-physics experiment. A ...

Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy at its most fundamental level. A central tenet of quantum physics is that energy comes in indivisible packets called quanta. Quanta behave very ...

Shining light: succulents glow in shades of red, green, blue, and more after being infused with afterglow phosphor particles that absorb and slowly release light. (Courtesy: Liu et al., Matter) ...

Creating waves: Rainer Weiss pioneered the idea that a laser interferometer could be used to detect gravitational waves. (Courtesy: M Scott Brauer) Weiss was born in Berlin, Germany, on 29 September ...

Alexandra Twin has 15+ years of experience as an editor and writer, covering financial news for public and private companies. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than ...