Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing ...

Mind = blown.

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By bringing the long-standing and opposing views of quantum mechanics together to form a single cohesive theory, a research ...

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study ...

Electrons are usually described as particles, but in a rare quantum material, that picture completely breaks down ...

An obscure theory of elementary particles proved to be key to China’s re-emergence as a scientific nation after the Cultural ...

A new unified theory connects two fundamental domains of modern quantum physics: It joins two opposite views of how a single ...

A 'boom' of light that appears when a particle exceeds the speed of light set by a medium could, in other contexts, signal a ...

In this 2011 image, a NASA engineer looks on as the first six of the James Webb Space Telescope's 18 mirror segments are prepped to begin their final cryogenic testing. Engineers spent three decades ...