A mathematical equivalent of a microscope with variable resolution has shed light on why some atoms are exceptionally stable, ...

In A Nutshell Antarctica, not the Indian Ocean, hosts Earth’s strongest nonhydrostatic geoid depression when scientists measure against a reference frame that isolates internal mantle dynamics The ...

A physicist has mounted one of the most detailed technical challenges yet against the idea that our universe is a computer ...

The former president confirms aliens exist but dismisses Area 51 theories amid growing congressional pressure on UFO transparency.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how scientists understand proteins—these are working molecules that drive nearly every process in the human body, from cell growth and immune defense to ...

Using gold flakes, salt water, and light, scientists have made the universe’s invisible binding forces visible in color. The discovery opens new possibilities for studying how matter organizes itself ...

All of the sports at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortino involve some physics in action. For figure skating, ski jumping ...

A new theory suggests the universe’s greatest secrets are hiding in a “zeptouniverse” that’s ready to be explored—without ...

This visualization shows moderately large pressure fluctuations within a 35-trillion-grid-point turbulence simulation, ...

A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field.

Global climate models capture many of the processes that shape Earth's weather and climate. Based on physics, chemistry, ...

A new light-based breakthrough could help quantum computers finally scale up. Stanford researchers created miniature optical cavities that efficiently collect light from individual atoms, allowing ...