Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in physics: string theory. This rare particle—never seen before and predicted not ...

Key takeawaysIn physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all ...

In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all known ...

Physicists are a step closer to using quantum computers for simulations that are beyond the ability of any ordinary computers ...

String theory has long been presented as physicists' best candidate for describing the fundamental nature of the Universe.

Experts were running a test to see how some of the most mysterious singularities in the universe worked. They can change physics forever with the discovery.

The idea of a particle that races faster than light has long fascinated physicists. Known as the tachyon, it was originally ...

A festinating new theory shifts focus from space to time, arguing the clock-ticking we take for granted is richer and weirder ...

Sarah Moss, Joseph O’Connor, Wendy Erskine, John Banville, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and other authors and reviewers choose their top ...

Scientists at NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder have created CURBy, a cutting-edge quantum randomness beacon that ...

According to scientific legend, quantum mechanics was born on the island of Helgoland in 1925. A hundred years later, ...