The sun, a searing hot sphere of gas primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, boasts surface and outer atmospheric ...

Quantum computing has the potential of being the next big innovation. At the right size and the right price, it might even be ...

Our sun is essentially a searing hot sphere of gas. Its mix of primarily hydrogen and helium can reach temperatures ...

Discover the practical illustration of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle at the beach, where observing the behavior of waves ...

A Rice physics professor has proven the existence of particles that were long thought impossible. Kaden Hazzard and his former graduate student, Zhiyuan Wang, presented their findings in a Jan. 8 ...

The Egyptian pyramids are one of the most mysterious wonders of the world, and after centuries of research, scientist still … ...

Scientists suggest paraparticles, a quasiparticle class, potentially redefining physics by challenging the fermion and boson ...

The matter’s ability to respond to environmental stimuli like electrical charges could revolutionize biomedical engineering ...

Planets are formed when dust and rock in a disk around a young star collide and combine to form ever larger bodies. This ...

When you’re boiling water for pasta, throwing a bit of salt into the water can help it boil a little bit faster–if only by a ...

Contemporary physics still wrestles with a question posed by philosophers millenia ago: What is the universe made of?

The ancient Greek philosopher Democritus imagined all matter to be made of tiny particles, perfectly solid and totally indivisible. Falling through empty space, these atoms, Democritus believed ...