The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has moved from late night dorm debates into serious physics journals ...

New research suggests that the Earth's solid inner core is softer and more dynamic than previously thought, changing ideas.

Foams were once thought to behave like glass, with bubbles frozen in place at the microscopic level. But new simulations ...

Foams are everywhere: soap suds, shaving cream, whipped toppings and food emulsions like mayonnaise. For decades, scientists ...

A preliminary analysis suggests that industrially useful quantum computers designs come with a broad spectrum of energy ...

Generative artificial intelligence models have left such an indelible impact on digital content creation that it's getting ...

Scientists have long believed that foam behaves like glass, with bubbles locked into place. New simulations reveal that bubbles never truly settle and instead keep moving through many possible ...

Suppose you’re a CIO or senior application planner, and you need to understand whether you should dig into quantum computing ...

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

Study finds Mars helps pace Earth's ice ages through gravity. Remove Mars, and a major 2.4-million-year climate rhythm ...

Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy, ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Pat Hanrahan, who studied nuclear engineering and biophysics before becoming a founding employee of Pixar Animation Studios. As well as ...