It's well established that the universe is expanding, but there's serious disagreement among scientists over how fast it's ...
In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists have performed the first global simulations of monster shocks ...
George Smoot, who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2006 for his studies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), died on 18 September at the age of 80. Smoot’s work on the blackbody form and ...
A party’s on at Synergy, but the partygoers aren’t any ordinary attendees. In fact, most of them are physics majors. This “phrave,” or physics rave, was organized by the Stanford University Physics ...
Repulsive gravity at the quantum scale would have flattened out inhomogeneities in the early universe First light The cosmic microwave background, as imaged by the European Space Agency’s Planck ...
Dr. Erin MacDonald opens the conference as the first plenary speaker, sharing her journey from astronomy to science advising for various "Star Trek" shows, resulting in the producers creating an ...
SNOLAB scientists meticulously measure the signals that interfere with sensitive physics experiments. If the blender is on while you’re watching TV, its whirring may make it difficult for you to hear ...
UC Santa Cruz physicists took questions from the crowd at an October 29 community event held by the campus group Santa Cruz Organization for Outreach in Physics. From left to right: professors Amy ...
Applied physics bridges the gap between physics, engineering, and other sciences. While engineers solve well-defined problems, applied physicists focus on applying physics interdisciplinarily. At ...
On Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John J. Hopfield of Princeton University and Geoffrey E. Hinton of the University of Toronto for their ...