MIT physicists have built a powerful new microscope that uses terahertz light to uncover hidden quantum motions inside superconductors. By compressing this normally unwieldy light into a tiny region, ...

Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard pioneered quantum information theory. Now they’ve been awarded the highest honor in computer science.

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2026 — AIP and the American Physical Society are honored to award Charles Thorn with the 2026 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics. Thorn is being recognized for ...

Jiggling superfluid An artist’s depiction of a superfluid wave propagating through a layered superconductor. (Courtesy: ...

The observations provided by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have substantially advanced our understanding of the early universe. Dominika Ďurovčíková, a PhD candidate at the Massachusetts ...

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing.

Scientists studying particle collisions at CERN have captured new evidence of how quarks move through the early universe’s primordial plasma.

Theoretical physicist Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, who built and flew her own airplane before she had a driver's license, is ...

Louisiana Tech University senior Jesse Webb will represent the United States this April at the NYU Abu Dhabi International ...

A transgender senior says he lost family support after coming out and was denied financial aid adjustments, endangering his ability to finish school.

Universal Robots and Scale AI launch the UR AI Trainer at GTC 2026, a leader-follower system that captures force and visual ...

Nvidia's chips are improving at such a staggering pace that it defies any historical comparison. Why it matters: Without ...