Research team includes astrophysicists, computer scientists, artists, and philosophers from UC Riverside, USC, and Carnegie ...

In 1900, German theoretical physicist Max Planck accidentally gave birth to the field of quantum mechanics (aka quantum physics) when he tried to investigate why the results of his black body ...

There are two theories that have essentially revolutionized our understanding of physics in the 20th century—quantum mechanics and general relativity. Quantum mechanics attempts to explain the ...

A landmark has been reached in the field of physics and artificial intelligence with the successful resolution of a ...

We often marvel at the genius of Albert Einstein, a physicist who revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Yet, even ...

The three men will share a 9-million kronor ($918,000) award. Three scientists have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on understanding "Earth's place in the cosmos" and the evolution ...

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Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), working in an international team, have developed a new method for complex X-ray studies that will aid in ...

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein reviews Cosmological Koans: a Journey to the Heart of Physics by Anthony Aguirre Cosmic questions: Anthony Aguirre’s new book borrows the concept of koans from Zen Buddhism: ...