Physics
Let there be light, sound, fluids and quantum weirdness
We love physics in all its forms, from new research on mind-bending concepts like quantum weirdness and spooky action at a distance to the science of sounds and fluids to all the forces that push, pull, stick and slip. Here we tackle the macroscopic, the subatomic, the strange, the cool, the groundbreaking and the obscure.
The properties of friction change from one situation to the next, so a universal explanation doesn't exist.
The shock of the blast created the right conditions for the elusive structures.
Scientists have crushed the quest for room temperature superconductors, but only at ridiculously high pressures.
New research reveals how that familiar click of two things locking together works.
The surprise finding was observed when the fluids moved through specially treated tiny tubes.
The hydrogen compound requires extremely high pressure to maintain its extraordinary properties.
This year’s prize highlights "the darkest secrets of the universe."
Here's how researchers are working to harvest energy from unconventional sources such as falling droplets of water -- and the math behind it.
The merger occurred when the universe was half its current age, and it may have produced the first known black hole of intermediate size
The elusive waves, once thought to be myths, are explained by the same math that's found in a wide range of settings.
For 20 years, scientists believed that gravity caused some popped bubbles to collapse; new experiments turn that understanding on its head.
