Physics

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It’s the rarest particle decay ever discovered. Scientists have clinched the case for a special type of decay of subatomic

An asteroid hurtling toward Earth could be deflected without a spacecraft ever touching it. The trick is using X-rays to

Bhavin Shastri still gets excited when he sees a laser pointer, and he’s been fascinated by them since he was

As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have nabbed the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. The prize

Cancer-busting particle beams have been caught in the act. Particle beams can provide a blast of destructive energy directly to

A hypothetical “fifth force” could tug on asteroids, if it exists. But the asteroid Bennu shows no signs that its

Scientific watchmakers have created a prototype of a nuclear clock, hinting at future possibilities for using atomic nuclei to make

For the first time, a quantum computer has improved its results by continuously correcting its own miscalculations with a technique

Imagine Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airplanes. Steam robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in hats