These sparks happen from accumulation of static electric charge—often arising from two different materials rubbing together.

Scientists hunted dark matter and solar neutrinos with one of the largest experiments yet. While the neutrinos likely ...

Tyson’s ultimate goal was to image large swathes of the sky, measuring how galaxies’ shapes distorted as their light ...

With contributions from Brown faculty and students, the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment analyzed the largest dataset ever collected by ...

The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists have found some ...

The XLZD detector will combine the best technologies from projects like LZ, XENONnT, and DARWIN for a next-generation WIMP ...

Einstein doubted the core idea of complementarity by Niels Bohr. Bohr said quantum objects act like waves and particles.

Neutrinos – you may have heard of them referred to as "ghost particles" – pass through everything because they are extremely ...

Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought ...

Scientists announced on Wednesday that they have found no evidence for the hypothetical “sterile neutrino,” an extra version ...

A quiet shift is taking place in physics labs that could one day reshape how you send a message, store data, or protect ...

Imagine standing on top of a mountain. From this vantage point, we can see picturesque valleys and majestic ridges below, and streams wind their way downhill. If a drop of rain falls somewhere on this ...