There might not be a mysterious 'dark' force accelerating the expansion of the Universe after all.

A new look at da Vinci’s papers reveals his insightful attempts to probe the nature of gravity 500 years ago

These models are very, very wrong.

Faster-than-light warp drives are theoretically possible to build, and if aliens are using them, we should be able to detect the gravitational waves produced when one goes wrong

While it won't make a useful spaceship engine, it may tell us more about relativity.

In the face of new evidence, physicists are starting to view the cosmos not as made up of disparate layers, but as a quantum whole linked by entanglement

A new measurement of gravity at small scales hints at an alternative to billion-dollar experiments for the future of physics.

Quantum physics is fundamentally weird, so much so that we need thought experiments of hidden cats in boxes and metaphors of spinning coins to even begin to comprehend its laws.

The universe appears to be fine-tuned for life to evolve.

The breakthrough material, a blend of aminoferrocene and graphene, has magnetic properties 100 times stronger than pure iron, eliminating the reliance on rare Earth materials for magnet construction.

Particle accelerators are crucial tools in a wide variety of areas in industry, research and the medical sector. The space these machines require ranges from a few square meters to large research centers. Using lasers to accelerate electrons within a photonic nanostructure constitutes a microscopic alternative with the potential of generating significantly lower costs and making devices considerably less bulky. Until now, no substantial energy gains were demonstrated. In other words, it has not been shown that electrons really have increased in speed significantly. Two teams of laser physicists have just succeeded in demonstrating a...

To pry into the private lives of objects in the microscopic domain (and beyond), scientists often rely on extremely bright sources of light.

Replications pieced together the puzzle of why the material displayed superconducting-like behaviours.

Room-temperature superconductors could transform technology – but the latest, much-hyped claims should be approached with caution.

A new study led by the University of Surrey and University of Cambridge has investigated how to release high-speed photonic sources using metal-halide perovskites. These are semiconductors being researched with LEDs for their excellent optoelectronic properties and low-cost processing methods.

For the first time in the world, we succeeded in synthesizing the room-temperature superconductor working at ambient pressure with a modified lead-apatite structure.

How medieval thinkers foreshadowed modern physics in investigating the character of machines, devices and forces