Aalo Atomics’ Aalo-X Critical Test Reactor (CTR)—dubbed “Project First Light”—has reached criticality at Idaho National ...

Simultaneous experiments on five continents challenge Einstein's principle of local realism. Participants contributed to the experiment generating more than 90 million bits, unpredictably choosing ...

Dr Jin Cheng (Jess Hong) pulls a Sir Isaac Newton move in the VR game in "3 Body Problem." Credit: Netflix If you're the type of person who yells "wey-oh!" if someone in a TV show says the name of the ...

Explore the laws of matter and energy while mastering physics concepts that explain the universe, power innovation, and matter and energy. Participate in paid cooperative education and hands-on ...

Throw a pebble into a lake and it, obligingly, sinks. Smash particles together and they fall apart in certain patterns. Flick a switch and let there be light. Reality, for all its glory and cosmic ...

Update 04/22/2026 1:40 p.m.: This article was updated to include more details about the deceased individual and information from UCPD. Around 7:53 p.m. Tuesday, UCPD and the Berkeley Fire Department ...

For over a decade, confusion over the size of the proton has held scientists back. Disagreeing measurements of the subatomic particle’s radius meant that scientists couldn’t test one of their key ...

Introduction: Emergency department (ED) physicians face frequent decisions on whether to admit patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) or acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

There is a long history of doing physics by imagination. Albert Einstein built his special theory of relativity after imagining himself chasing a beam of light. Erwin Schrödinger gave us a cat that ...

A full decade after SpaceX pioneered reusable rocketry with the first-ever successful landing of its Falcon 9 booster, the rest of the world is finally catching up. These few successes aren’t based on ...

Stockholm — John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for research on seemingly obscure quantum tunneling that is advancing digital technology.

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by ...