Scientists are on the trail of a mysterious five-particle structure that could challenge one of the biggest theories in physics: string theory. This rare particle—never seen before and predicted not ...

An invisible force has long eluded detection within the halls of the world’s most famous particle accelerator—until now.

A material that emits less energy than it absorbs has the potential to save some of the sunlight wasted by solar collectors.

I tested dropping solid steel balls, and the sound they made was like a mini sonic boom! The impact was wild — here’s what ...

New results published in the journal Physical Review Letters detail how a specially designed metamaterial was able to tip the ...

As part of its commitment to sustainable and smart mobility, the SCE department has launched a hitchhiking pilot. Beginning on Monday 16 June 2025, this initiative encourages voluntary shared ...

Quantum tunnelling — when a particle skips through a barrier that classical physics would forbid — happens faster when objects have less energy, find physicists who worked out a way to probe photons ...

It is possible to make a material emit more radiation than it absorbs, violating the laws of physics in a way that could make energy-harvesting devices more efficient ...

“Scientists have long observed that the capability for a material to absorb electromagnetic radiation — a wave of energy in ...

In a review just published in Nature Materials, researchers take aim at the oldest principle in electronics: Ohm's law.

You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards ...

AI is getting better at breakneck pace, and it's now managed to do better than the best humans writing the prestigious IIT ...