As the nucleus splits, it also releases its neutrons. These neutrons bounce around at incredible speeds until some eventually ...

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by ...

Discover the groundbreaking work of John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis in the field of quantum physics. Learn how ...

Quantum mechanics is everywhere, from powering the phone you’re reading this on to the galaxies that are formed with colliding stars, everything has to be understood at a molecular level that is based ...

Nobel Prize winners show how superconducting circuits can exhibit quantum behavior, leading to transformative technologies.

The 2025 Nobel Prize for physics recognizes original investigations in the intersection of basic and applied sciences. The prize recipients tested profound quantum mechanical hypotheses through clear ...

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics honors a trio whose 1980s experiments made quantum circuits—and today’s quantum ...

The LUX-ZEPLIN detector is breaking new ground in the hunt for dark matter, setting unprecedented limits on WIMP particles.

Deep beneath South Dakota, scientists are closing in on one of the greatest mysteries in the universe — the true nature of ...

The Physics Nobel Prize goes to a trio for proving quantum weirdness—like particles passing through walls—can happen in the ...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Nobel Prize in Physics was to go to "the person who shall have made the most important ...

Everything we see around us, from the ground beneath our feet to the most remote galaxies, is made of matter. For scientists, that has long posed a problem: According to physicists’ best current ...