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Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells (capsids) ...

Researchers in Vienna have discovered something remarkable: crystals that don’t form in space, like diamonds or salt, but in ...

The three-body problem is a well-known challenge in physics. It envisions a minimalist universe with only three point masses ...

Without further ado, here are the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel prizes.

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Researchers have developed a new AI-based approach that dramatically speeds up calculation of the quantum interactions that ...

Knowable Magazine reports that neutrinos may help explain the universe's missing antimatter, shedding light on ...

Cold atom experiments trap atoms to probe quantum effects, enabling ultra-precise sensing, timekeeping, and monitoring of ...

Whether space-time exists should neither be controversial nor even conceptually challenging, given the definitions of “space-time,” “events” and “instants.” The id ...

The open-source Newton Physics Engine - codeveloped with Google DeepMind and Disney Research, and now available in NVIDIA Isaac Lab - helps researchers and developers create more capable ...