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Physicists have engineered photons that behave as if they inhabit a space far richer than the familiar three dimensions, ...

Spencer Axani, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is the inventor of CosmicWatch, a portable, low-cost particle detector that tracks muons, invisible particles that ...

Growing up, we all had to do all kinds of science projects in school. For Baby Boomers, here are several classic science projects that just about everyone had to do at least once.

As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

It sounds like something from the plot of Interstellar, but this plan to beam precious data back to Earth—before it’s lost ...

Light is usually described using quantum mechanics when phenomena like entanglement enter the picture. But a new paper shows ...

UW-Madison is once again inviting the public to experience science in action with its popular Wonders of Physics shows, a ...

An analysis of several experiments aimed at detecting the mysterious neutrino has identified a hint of a crack in the ...

Scientists have found a way to see ultrafast molecular interactions inside liquids using an extreme laser technique once ...

As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...