A closer look at the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model, its core components, supporting evidence, and why new observations are ...

The world is never really at rest. Even in a vacuum near ultracold temperatures where all classical motion should come to a halt, you'll find quantum fluctuations. In thin, two-dimensional materials, ...

Columbia University researchers have proven that quantum fluctuations from a vacuum can modify nearby materials ...

It feels so obvious that time moves forward that questioning it can seem almost pointless.

Using the Perlmutter supercomputer, researchers achieved a record-scale simulation of a quantum microchip to refine and validate next-generation quantum hardware designs. Researchers from (Berkeley ...

Sirāt takes audiences on a wild, nerve-jangling journey through the Moroccan desert. Its director, Oliver Laxe, tells us that it was important that his survivalist road movie provided an existential ...

A cluster of recent theoretical papers has laid out mathematical frameworks for propelling spacecraft at speeds ranging from ...

Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet.

Getting an up-close view of life at the cellular level can be as simple as placing onion skin under a microscope and adjusting the knobs. Peering deeper, into the heart of the atoms within, isn't as ...

A new study uses physics to uncover why sneakers squeak on the basketball court. Scientists slid a shoe against a smooth ...

"Fellow Travelers," about the passionate relationship between two men during the McCarthy-era Lavender Scare of the 1950s, is at Seattle Opera through March 1. "Fellow Travelers," about the passionate ...

Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon learns how to pop a balloon with an orange peel in Feb. 22's Science Sunday. Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon helps make a cloud in a bottle in Feb. 15's Science Sunday.