Paul Ehrenfest was one of the most brilliant yet tragic figures in modern physics. A close friend and collaborator of Albert Einstein, he helped shape the foundations of quantum theory and statistical ...

In the quest to unravel the mysteries of the universe, physicists are revisiting a 150-year-old theory that could illuminate ...

Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang, who spent decades advancing physics in both the U.S. and China, died in Beijing on Saturday at ...

In this first selection of texts from the Wenner Collection, we will see some examples of the use of print to popularize and ...

Breakthrough from Princeton team reveals exotic quantum state that coherently blends many-body correlation and quantum topology—two key concepts of modern quantum physics in a single material.

Tachyons are hypothetical particles that travel at speeds greater than the speed of light. These superluminal particles, are the “enfant terrible” of modern physics. Until recently, they were ...

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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang, one of the most influential scientists in modern physics ...

Scientist and physicist Ernest Rutherford, known as “the father of nuclear physics”, was the most respected Kiwi of his day.

Einstein was a great thinker who made plenty of mistakes—errors that sometimes led to more meaningful discoveries in physics, ...

Grief and heartfelt tributes flooded China's social media as the world learned of the passing on Saturday of renowned ...

For physics majors starting EPAD track in the freshman year The Engineering Physics and Applied Design (EPAD) Physics concentration combines physics courses with applied science courses to create a ...