The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) is no stranger to making history and breaking records. In 2015 ...

"This is the holy grail of theoretical physics." Physicists have been looking for a recipe of quantum gravity and a ...

The Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution describes the probability distribution of molecular speeds in a sample of an ideal gas.

For nearly a century, scientists around the world have been searching for dark matter—an invisible substance believed to make ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and ...

The final result from the Muon g-2 Experiment has exceeded all expectations, achieving a precision likely to remain unmatched for generations. Yet, recent tensions in theoretical predictions have put ...

MARY K. GAILLARD, a pioneering theoretical physicist whose mathematical predictions helped shape the Standard Model of ...

A new discovery reveals how a mysterious quantum spin excitation — a solitary spinon — can exist alone, hinting at advances in quantum technologies. Scientists from the Faculty of Physics at the Unive ...

Interview of physicist Nicolas Gisin on the sidelines of a Calcutta conference celebrating the centenary of quantum mechanics ...

A former “D” student from Norway, he made his mark at G.E.’s Research Lab in the U.S., in part by confirming a pivotal theory ...

The Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Chicago joins new institutes at the University of Michigan, the University of California, Berkeley, the Massachusetts Institute of ...