Physicists have discovered that silicon-22 reveals a new proton magic number offering critical insights into nuclear ...

"This is the holy grail of theoretical physics." Physicists have been looking for a recipe ... The team's research was published on June 19 in A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics.

Over the past few years, researchers have developed various quantum technologies, alternatives to classical devices that ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...

A new study by researchers from the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics at Rice University has uncovered the mechanism ...

E. Witten, "On the structure of the topological phase of two-dimensional gravity," Nuclear Physics B, 340:281-332, 1990. Edward Witten (School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, ...

The Leinweber Foundation announces today gifts totaling $90 million to establish Leinweber Institutes for Theoretical Physics at four of the nation's top research universities: the University of ...

The first step toward quantum gravity, the "holy grail of physics," may be hiding in a quantum recipe to cook up black holes. That's the suggestion of new research that adds quantum corrections to ...

Highly ranked nationally and internationally, CU Boulder’s Department of Physics offers PhD students top-notch education and unbeatable research opportunities.

After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his legacy and the future of physics ...

Akers, an assistant professor of physics, has already made a name for himself in the field of quantum gravity. With a rich academic background spanning from Texas A&M to postdoctoral positions at MIT ...

The laws of physics as we define them don't actually exist, instead, we're just honing descriptions of how the universe works.