Bloch oscillations are periodic oscillations of quantum particles in a repeating energy "landscape" (e.g., a crystal lattice) ...

Stefan Hutzler and Louise Bradley explain how they turned the famous pitch-drop experiment into an outreach activity ...

A team of physicists has discovered that virtual charges, which exist only during brief interactions with light, play a ...

The technology could have promising applications for nuclear fusion research and other commercial uses, the researchers said.

GR00T integrates Nvidia's Cosmos Reason system, allowing robots to follow complex instructions and perform multi-step tasks.

Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, co-founded by UC Santa Barbara physicists, mark a major step in defining what dark matter can — and cannot — be ...

A recent study offers proof of feasibility for using cosmic radiation detectors to discover underground spaces. The detectors ...

Mysterious space "bang" GW190521 could be our first evidence of another universe, detected through gravitational waves from a ...

Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if ...

Local elementary and middle school students got an opportunity to learn from students from Illinois State University's Physics on the Road program.

This article, originally titled "The Man Who Discovered the Universe," is from the Summer 2025 issue of Air & Space Quarterly ...

The bottom line is that the fact that fire is so tightly bound to Earth is a reminder of how special our planet is. Every ...