Electrons can be "kicked across" solar materials at almost the fastest speed nature allows, scientists have discovered, ...

The original story “ Physicists build a quantum Newton’s cradle where energy flows without resistance ” is published in The ...

A team of physicists has experimentally confirmed a long-predicted sequence of exotic magnetic phases in an atomically thin ...

Another theory held that the forces between two particles falls off exponentially in direct relationship to the distance between two particles and that the factor by which it drops is not dependent on ...

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

A physicist proposes that consciousness is the fundamental basis of reality, with matter and spacetime emerging from it.

In everyday life, designing spaces that both let air flow and absorb sound can be a tricky balancing act. Usually, materials that allow air to pass through—like vents—also let sound escape, making it ...

“This project started with a simple question: why do basketball shoes squeak?” Adel Djellouli, a study co-author and ...

Basketball shoes on a gym floor, bicycle brakes in need of a tune-up, or the squeal of tires are everyday examples of squeaking sounds. Such sounds have long been attributed to stick-slip friction, or ...

Over 8,000 people explored hands-on science experiments, from robotic arms to liquid nitrogen ice cream, at CSU's Little Shop of Physics open house.

Because of years of practice, the players who astonish us game after game make these micro-calculations at an unconscious level. In a fraction of a second, their eyes assess all the variables, and ...