Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a realistic, highly sensitive method to detect the Unruh effect—a ...

Superfluid helium reveals a manageable analog to the Schwinger effect. It deepens understanding of vortices and quantum ...

For over a century, quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity have stood as the cornerstones of modern physics, yet their unification remains one of science’s greatest challenges. Now, ...

A newly discovered set of mathematical equations describes how to turn any sequence of random events into a clock, scientists ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

A rift runs deep through the heart of physics. The general theory of relativity, which describes gravity, clashes with quantum physics. In an effort to seal that physics fissure, untold numbers of ...

A century ago, science went quantum. To celebrate, physicists are throwing a global, year-long party. In 1925, quantum mechanics, the scientific theory that describes the unintuitive rules of physics ...

Over a century ago, two theories were put forward to explain all of reality: quantum mechanics and general relativity. Both have been refined and improved over decades and extensively tested. They are ...

Scientists in Japan have uncovered a strange new behavior in “heavy” electrons — particles that act as if they carry far more ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. As a being whose body contains billions of billions of atoms, I am subject to certain rules. To walk through my front door, I first have to open it. If I throw ...

In a cutting-edge development that has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, researchers at University College ...