When sand grains wedge together in a funnel, the whole column locks up. Something strikingly similar can happen to quantum ...
Some quantum cryptographers want to find ways to keep messages secret even if the rules of quantum mechanics don’t hold. The ...
What if the technology you use every day depends on a subtle distortion of time itself? The answer lies in a century-old idea ...
Generally speaking, black holes are regions of spacetime where matter is compressed into a tiny space. Dark matter, meanwhile ...
Cyclic cosmology, or the big bounce, is the idea that the universe will eventually crunch back together and then go through ...
What if the mysterious substance holding galaxies together is made of leftovers from a universe that existed before our own? That is the central question posed by physicists Carlo Rovelli and ...
After a 10-year effort, physicists got a value for “Big G” that does not settle the debate over one of nature’s hardest ...
Stephen Hawking's theory of black hole evaporation clashes with the laws of quantum mechanics. A new paper finds a way around ...
Guided by her conviction that science is for everybody, the verses tackle some of the most abstract concepts of theoretical ...
A new model suggests the universe could tear itself apart as expansion accelerates, with quantum effects potentially driving ...
Generally speaking, black holes are regions of spacetime where matter is compressed into a tiny space. Dark matter, meanwhile ...