UCT’s Department of Physics is celebrating Phenomenal Physics an outreach programme that has been igniting curiosity and ...

Collaborative experiments focus on uncovering the unusual properties of the ghost particle. In a recent study, physicists have created the clearest and most detailed view so far of how neutrinos shift ...

Researchers at CERN may be on the verge of explaining the universe’s missing gamma rays and hidden magnetic fields.

Second Life allows people to lead two lives -- one in the real world and another in the virtual. But in a way, Second Life itself leads two lives. In its first, well-publicized life, it's a forum for ...

Discover 10 captivating home science experiments that will ignite your curiosity! Dive into DIY chemistry projects and kitchen science for kids, transforming everyday items into incredible scientific ...

It’s a popular example of the “Mandela effect,” or a collective false memory. And while some people may laugh and move on, ...

Students and faculty of UC Santa Barbara’s physics department gathered in Corwin Pavilion for the department’s annual Nobel Prize-focused colloquium on Oct. 14. This year’s event was particularly spec ...

The paper, recently published in the journal PNAS, found that roundworms can use static electricity to leap up to 25 times ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Bringing a galaxy far, far away to the world of Meta, Star Wars: Beyond Victory is a clever little ...

John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M. Martinis are announced this year's Nobel Prize winners in Physics, by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences at a press conference in Stockhom, Sweden October ...

I’ve always been fascinated by people who seem effortlessly interesting. I used to get jealous of them, but not anymore. Wildly interesting people are a source of fascination to me, and often, it’s ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. There are precision measurements, and then there’s the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. In each of LIGO’s twin ...