Why do so many turn to quantum physics to explain mystical experiences? This post explores how Quantum Field Theory has become our modern myth—a mirror for the mysteries of mind and matter.

Chinese scientists have made a major step in the hunt for elusive subatomic particles called neutrinos. Researchers from ...

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Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called ...

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has brought this week’s Nobel ...

On Oct. 9, Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for work the judges said upholds ...

The advance hints at the possibility of portable muon-making devices that could help peer through solid materials for hidden contraband.

Laser plasma device could be light enough to be used on the field.

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has brought this week’s Nobel ...

John M. Martinis, whose company was incubated at UW-Madison and got WARF funding, was one of three physics winners this year.

Physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret’s win is a celebration of quantum discovery — and a reminder of why public ...

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called ...