Quantum computing has long been a distant, theoretical threat to blockchain cryptography. But over the past few months, that calculus has shifted rapidly. While the Bitcoin community has been debating ...

Research led by scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and Stanford University has demonstrated a new approach to Floquet engineering using excitons rather than photons.

In 1998, astronomers discovered dark energy. The finding, which transformed our conception of the cosmos, came with a little-known consequence: It threw a wrench into the already daunting task of ...

Natural physical networks are continuous, three-dimensional objects, like the small mathematical model displayed here. Researchers have found that physical networks in living systems follow rules ...

Perhaps the only thing larger than Savannah Iamurri’s love of sports is her passion for saving animals. The Girard Estates resident is a senior three-sport athlete at Philadelphia Performing Arts: A ...

In this video, we explore the relationship between string theory and quantum field theory (QFT). QFT is a mathematical framework that describes nearly all particles and forces in the universe but ...

Dualities in physics have challenged traditional forms of scientific realism by undermining the idea that theories describe a unique underlying ontology. In this paper, we develop a new perspective on ...

Jainendra Jain with one of his graduate students in his office. Penn State has launched a new center dedicated to quantum science and germinating cross-disciplinary collaboration. The Center for ...

Chinese physicists prove Einstein wrong in a quantum experiment. Credit: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Chinese physicists have successfully recreated a ...

In the 18th century, the scientific world was drunk on Newtonian certainty. The universe was a clockwork mechanism, predictable and solid, with clear laws. But Father Roger Joseph Boscovich (Ruđer ...

The ball rolls across the floor because it was kicked, just as Earth orbits the sun because it is tugged by gravity. The connection between cause and effect is fundamental to how we understand the ...

The force we experience most intimately remains the most mysterious. Physicists understand how vast migrations of particles called photons light up our homes, and how swarms of “gluon” particles hold ...