From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

The microscopic processes taking place in superconductors are difficult to observe directly. Researchers at the RPTU ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

Researchers at The University of Osaka reproduced multiple statistical characteristics observed in slow earthquakes, through ...

Understanding neutrinos reshapes how scientists view the birth and fate of the Universe. If CP violation in neutrinos is ...

Researchers at HZDR have partnered with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and the Institute of ...

Let’s start with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF)—arguably the largest, most ...

Scientists are learning how to turn the chill of outer space into a quiet source of electricity, using the night sky itself as a heat sink. By carefully managing how surfaces shed heat after dark, ...

New ion beam fabrication uses low cost materials to form vertical nanomagnets whose nanostrip geometry boosts sensitivity to ...

They want obedient workers. Obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork, and just dumb enough to ...