The currents of the oceans, the roiling surface of the sun, and the clouds of smoke billowing off a forest fire—all are ...

Why did this particle mysteriously disintegrate?

After years of confusion, a new study confirms the proton is tinier than once thought. That enables a test of the standard model of particle physics.

After 25 years, Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider—the U.S.’s largest particle collider—has ...

Time may feel smooth and continuous, but at the quantum level it behaves very differently. Physicists have now found a way to measure how long ultrafast quantum events actually last, without relying ...

The physics of the spiral pass have baffled physicists and football fans for decades. EMILY KWONG, HOST: ...

Building on their pioneering 2018 research into how some of the body's cells, such as neurons and cardiac tissue, communicate ...

The Conversation reports on winter jackets, blending old physics and modern materials to efficiently trap heat, ensuring ...

Today, new graduates face an uncertain job market, as companies wrestle with the role of artificial intelligence (AI), and due to the funding cuts of science research agencies in the US. But those ...

During the 2026 Winter Olympics, athletes will leap off ramps, slide across ice and spin through the air. These performances will look different to my students who have studied physics through ...

Bates has welcomed a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors joined the college ...