Now, two unrelated-but-similar experiments confirm that, in a double-slit experiment, detection of a photon’s path (its ...
At the heart of our sun, fusion is unfolding. As hydrogen atoms merge to form helium, they emit energy, producing the heat ...
Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly ...
The scientists behind the MAGIS-100 experiment aim to use state-of-the-art lasers to shed light on ultralight dark matter.
For a long time, the Greenwald limit was accepted as a given and incorporated into fusion reactor engineering. The new work shows that precise control over how the plasma is created and interacts with ...
When scientists repeatedly drove a strongly interacting quantum system with laser “kicks,” they expected it to heat up and ...
Hardy's paradox, created in 1992, hinted at a scenario haunting the edges of quantum physics. It presented a thought ...
You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.
Spencer Axani, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the inventor of CosmicWatch, a portable, ...
The Times spent two days in Santa Fe to preview the exhibition, set to take over part of the Cinemark complex at Howard Hughes Los Angeles.