Quantum physics is the study of matter and energy at its most fundamental level. A central tenet of quantum physics is that energy comes in indivisible packets called quanta. Quanta behave very ...

YouTube is quietly turning into a place where videos are no longer just watched, but played. Instead of clicking through to ...

Pulsars are some of the most reliable metronomes in the universe, and scientists are now using their flickering radio beams to keep time across the galaxy and sharpen the search for intelligent life.

Traveling-wave parametric amplifiers (TWPAs) are electronic devices that boost weak microwave signals (i.e., electromagnetic ...

Knots are everywhere—from tangled headphones to DNA strands packed inside viruses—but how an isolated filament can knot ...

The converging waves swirl until they finally break into a 130-foot pillar of saltwater, in a process that scientists have ...

Acoustic waves can move objects like tiny hands. Zhenhua Tian’s team has devised new tools for this task in work published in ...

A team of Australian bodyboarding ratbags has managed to capture staggering footage of an extraordinary oceanic phenomenon: a place where four 12-ft (3.7-m) waves regularly converge into an oval dip, ...

The text is now best known for introducing “Pascal’s Law” or “Principle,” that any change of pressure in an enclosed incompressible fluid (like water) is transmitted equally to all points within the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Some observers might be jumping ship, but the Chiefs firmly believe they can steer their big boat to the playoffs. And while the waters are especially choppy as the Chiefs (6-6) ...

Viriginia Tech scientists have created a new electronic chip capable of moving objects without touching them thanks to ...