Physics

Habitable planets could have existed 15 million years after the Big Bang.
Ker Than, Contributor
Discoveries led to development of something even better than microscopes. Nanoscopes.
Ben P. Stein, Contributor
2 Americans and a German share award for circumventing theoretical limit of magnification.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Winner Nakamura said that "you need a very, very brave heart" to follow a research angle others dismiss.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Two Japanese scientists and one American share prize for inventing LEDs used to make energy-efficient white light.
Ben P. Stein, Contributor
An interactive look at the Science Nobel Prizes.
Sara Rennekamp, Contributing Editor
First a hint: my pick comes from the field of condensed-matter physics.
Ben P. Stein, Contributor
Reflections on more than twenty years of writing about the Nobel Prizes.
Ben P. Stein, Contributor
Reflections on more than twenty years of writing about the Nobel Prizes.
Ben P. Stein, Contributor
New data cast doubt on extraordinary gravitational-wave claim
Ben P. Stein, Contributor
Curiously large dust grains may contribute to development of bodies in space.
Marcus Woo, Contributor
Researchers found out how orderly patterns of cracks form atop electronics.
Gabriel Popkin, Contributor