Based on optical matter, new machines could be used to move and manipulate tiny particles.…
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Physics is the fundamental science that seeks to understand the laws and principles governing matter, energy, space, and time. It explores everything from the behavior of subatomic particles to the dynamics of galaxies, providing the framework for understanding how the universe works at its most basic level. Key areas include classical mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and relativity—each offering insights into different aspects of the physical world. Physics underpins much of modern technology and scientific progress, informing developments in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine, computing, and cosmology. Its ongoing research continues to reveal surprising and often counterintuitive truths about reality.
Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez ’87 has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, announced today…
Researchers Design the World’s Fastest UV Camera – Records Photons in the Ultraviolet Range in…
State-of-the-art facility and partnership among DOE, NYS, Brookhaven Lab, and Jefferson Lab will open a…
Early research on atomic nuclei yielded a wave of discoveries. A nuclear physics professor from…
Quantum physicists at Griffith University have unveiled a new paradox that says, when it comes…
Methods reveal understanding of the location of hydrogen in ferritic steels. As the global energy…
ITMO University scientists have conducted several experiments to investigate polymeric quasicrystals that ultimately confirmed their…
Allowing for quantum corrections, the Einstein-Lovelock theory describes black holes with an equation that contains…
What causes quasiparticle death? In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, an intriguing…
As part of the Journal of Plasma Physics’ continuing focus on the scientific progress in…
A team of researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have succeeded in…
Researchers build circuit that harnessed the atomic motion of graphene to generate an electrical current…
Theorists publish improved prediction for the tiny difference in kaon decays observed by experiments. An…
‘Cold neutrons’ uncover atomic dynamics that give thermoelectric materials low-heat conductivity. Materials scientists at Duke…
SLAC invention uses terahertz radiation to power a miniscule copper accelerator structure. Particle accelerators generate…
Through a one-of-a-kind experiment at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, nuclear physicists…
Physicists at Chalmers, together with colleagues in Russia and Poland, have managed to achieve ultrastrong…