In classical physics, anything driven hard enough will eventually heat up, lose coherence, and settle into disorder. A new ...

At the heart of our sun, fusion is unfolding. As hydrogen atoms merge to form helium, they emit energy, producing the heat ...

Researchers uncover geometric principles governing how particles self-assemble, solving a long-standing challenge in ...

Inspired by biological systems, materials scientists have long sought to harness self-assembly to build nanomaterials. The ...

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly ...

Einstein’s claim that the speed of light is constant has survived more than a century of scrutiny—but scientists are still ...

Hardy's paradox, created in 1992, hinted at a scenario haunting the edges of quantum physics. It presented a thought ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Zero-point energy sits at a strange crossroads between hard physics and science fiction, promising limitless power from the ...