The 2026 Breakthrough Prize honored advances in dark matter, quantum physics, gene editing and nonlinear mathematics.

Physicists have taken a major step toward using AI not just to analyze data, but to uncover entirely new laws of nature. By ...

In a major breakthrough, scientists have observed electrons in graphene flowing like a nearly frictionless liquid, defying a core law of physics. This exotic quantum state not only reveals new ...

Researchers from Stanford and UC Berkeley are being celebrated like celebrities for advancing mathematics and developing ...

A tiny discrepancy in particle physics has loomed for decades as an exciting possible crack in one of science’s most successful theories, hinting at unknown forces or quantum objects. Now, an ...

"The Story of Everything" documentary argues scientific discoveries about the universe, DNA and fine-tuning point to the ...

Scientists have completed the first-ever transport of antimatter by truck. On March 24, researchers carried antiprotons, the negatively charged counterparts of protons, inside a magnetic trap on a ...

The high stakes and intimidating reputation of physics classes can lead to plenty of stress for students new to the ...

Taking quantum circuits from a vague academic notion to the factory floor in just over 40 years might sound daunting — even impossible. But as Yale physicist Robert Schoelkopf explains, it all came ...

DENVER — Static electricity is a touchy subject. Touch or rub two materials together, and they can exchange electric charge. But the details behind the phenomenon of static electricity are poorly ...