Physics

Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted […]

It’s the rarest particle decay ever discovered. Scientists have clinched the case for a special type of decay of subatomic

Electric vehicles promise to help wean us off of fossil fuels, but they introduce a new problem: how to get

Stitches are getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment in rats, a new strong, flexible thread hastened wound healing by

Scientists have just narrowed down the possible hiding places for dark matter particles. The LUX-ZEPLIN, or LZ, experiment has searched

Scientific watchmakers have created a prototype of a nuclear clock, hinting at future possibilities for using atomic nuclei to make

For the first time, a quantum computer has improved its results by continuously correcting its own miscalculations with a technique

Bhavin Shastri still gets excited when he sees a laser pointer and has been fascinated by them since he was

Imagine Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airplanes. Steam robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in hats

An asteroid heading toward Earth can be deflected without ever touching a spacecraft. The trick is to use X-rays to