A recent line of inquiry explores how atomic systems behave when immersed in curved spacetime, particularly under the influence of gravitational waves. In a new study, scientists show that ...

This also means that there could be hidden curvatures of space-time or gravitational fields, which could explain a fundamental issue in physics: the hierarchy problem. There are several ongoing ...

Warp drive has moved a little farther out of science fiction and a little deeper into physics. A new round of theoretical ...

When the Nobel Prize in Physics was announced in Stockholm in October 2013, the world was watching. Among the names read out was Prof Peter Higgs, the British theorist who, nearly half a century ...

A new data release more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave candidate events—and reveals unexpected complexities of merging black holes ...

From a second-chance romance to a deeply unsettling psychological horror to an exploration of the cosmos, WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends nine books that confront the world in ...

Physicists working on the LHCb experiment have spotted an elusive and fleeting particle, a heavier and more charming cousin to the proton, that has been sought for decades ...

A new quantum communication method uses the temporal Talbot effect to simplify high-dimensional quantum key distribution.

Scientists worldwide respond to the publication of the three-volume monograph “Quantum Model of the Universe” #Physics ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - On March 14, 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Germany. Einstein’s theories of relativity transformed how scientists understand space, time, and the universe. His ...

Some of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae. “They are one of the brightest ...

An international team from China and Italy has reported a possible cosmic encore to the landmark 2017 multi-messenger ...