Superconducting materials are similar to the carpool lane in a congested interstate. Like commuters who ride together, ...

Studying crowd dynamics could inform strategies that help to prevent dense gatherings from becoming dangerous.

Researchers discovered that ink in a soap-and-milk experiment follows the path of least resistance due to surface tension ...

Physicists think that our universe started out as just a lot of quantum fluctuations. That means, if you’re able to calculate wave-function of those quantum fluctuation ...

An experiment in Sweden has demonstrated control over a novel kind of magnetism, giving scientists a new way to explore a ...

If you have the patience to repeatedly switch an egg between a hot and a colder pan, you'll be rewarded with an amazing taste ...

Physicists have discovered how to cook the perfect egg and, not only does it have “an amazing taste and texture”, it’s packed with more nutritional value than an egg boiled for three minutes. It takes ...

A team of physicists has developed a groundbreaking method for detecting congestive heart failure with greater ease and precision than previously thought possible. This multidisciplinary study, ...

Antimony is widely used in the production of materials for electronics, as well as metal alloys resistant to corrosion and ...

Quantum physics underlies technologies from the laser to the smartphone. The International Year of Quantum marks a century of scientific developments.

Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these ...

Black holes are as dangerous as they are distant, so scientists set out to simulate one in a lab. What happened next would ...