SciencePhysicsSciencePhysics10 Years After the Higgs Boson, What's the Next Big Thing for Physics?We asked physicists to predict the discoveries that will blow our minds in the coming years.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 2, 2022Comments (8)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsNew Optical Illusion Makes 86% of People Feel Like They're Falling Into a Black HoleResearchers discovered an optical illusion that provides new insights into human vision.ByAndrew LiszewskiPublishedJune 1, 2022Comments (34)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsMIT's 'Sun-in-a-Box' Uses Light as an Efficient Form of EnergyA new heat engine is highly efficient and designed to work in tandem with renewable sources of energy.ByKevin HurlerPublishedMay 12, 2022Comments (6)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsThe Large Hadron Collider Rebooted and Immediately Broke a World RecordThe newly upgraded particle collider just shot protons to higher energies than ever before.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 26, 2022Comments (15)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsScientists Invent Device for Optimally Separating OreosMade from simple items, the Oreometer turns snacking into a science.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 19, 2022Comments (27)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsI Walked Inside America's Newest Particle AcceleratorA plunge into the latest in high-energy X-ray physics.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 14, 2022Comments (9)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsMore Efficient Transistor Poses Threat to Silicon's Reign, Say EngineersA new, more energy efficient transistor may cut global digital energy consumption and make devices smaller and…ByKevin HurlerPublishedApril 14, 2022Comments (14)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsCosmic 'Lighthouses' That Beam Gamma Rays Could Reveal Gravitational Waves All Around UsPulsars scattered throughout the galaxy provide a novel way to see ripples in spacetime.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 8, 2022Comments (4)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysics‘Huh, That’s Funny’: Physicists Delighted by New Measurement for the W BosonAn elementary particle is way bigger than expected, putting it at odds with the Standard Model.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 7, 2022Comments (26)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsThese Souped-Up X-rays Are Nearly Ready to Zap StuffAn upgraded particle accelerator in California is about to power some incredible science.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 6, 2022Comments (20)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsPhysicists Defy Haters, Create Tetragonal IceA diamond anvil squashed water ice into a never-before-seen transitional form that may exist on other planets.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 22, 2022Comments (42)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsRussians Barred From New Large Hadron Collider Experiments Over Ukraine InvasionThe CERN Council condemned the invasion and said there would be no new collaborations with the Russian scientific…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 8, 2022Comments (2)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsPhysicists Spotted a Rare ‘X’ Particle From the Beginning of the UniverseX (3872) is a short-lived particle that was recently resurrected in Switzerland.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 28, 2022Comments (12)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsThere Are 40,000,000,000,000,000,000+ Black Holes in the Observable Universe, Says New EstimateThe team of astrophysicists found that 1% of ordinary matter may be stored away in the lightless spheres.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 20, 2022Comments (12)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsScientists Tried to Quantum Entangle a TardigradeA recent experiment claimed to entangle a living animal, but other researchers are skeptical.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 19, 2022Comments (52)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsThis Dark Matter Radio Could Tune Into New PhysicsResearchers are hoping to "hear" dark matter particles using a super-cooled experiment in California.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 11, 2021Comments (10)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsPhysicists Finally Observe an Exotic State of Matter First Predicted in 1973Quantum spin liquids have been studied for years, but only now have researchers finally seen one in the atomic flesh.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 2, 2021Comments (11)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsPhysicists Detect Neutrinos for First Time Using Large Hadron ColliderThe detection represents a "significant breakthrough"—and proves the value of an upcoming experiment.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 29, 2021Comments (16)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsThe Helium in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons Could Power Some Sweet ScienceThe element is used for cooling down particle colliders, cleaning out rocket tanks, and more.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 24, 2021Comments (16)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsWhat We Will Never KnowScience and technology have evolved, but some things may always be beyond human knowledge.ByRyan F. MandelbaumPublishedNovember 23, 2021Comments (89)