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A team of scientists sparked a heated debate over whether Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” depicts turbulence, a complex physical phenomenon.

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Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before. By combining Einstein’s gravity with realistic behavior of light and ...

A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who ...

Laurent Simons, a 15-year-old Belgian researcher, has earned a PhD in quantum physics and says his work in ultracold systems ...

The robot is hard to see without a microscope. It’s small enough to rest on the ridge of a fingerprint and can operate in ...

Physicists have identified a new superfluid phase in a class of quantum systems that, until recently, looked too unstable and ...

When you step onto an icy sidewalk or push off on skis, the surface can seem to vanish beneath you. For more than a century, ...

As the weather grows cold, and you pull your winter jacket out of the closet, not only can this extra layer keep you warm on a chilly day, but modern winter jackets are also a testament to ...