A mysterious striped signal from the Crab Pulsar may finally be explained by a delicate balance between plasma effects and gravitational lensing.

Physicist Paul Davies looks back at the past century of quantum mechanics—the most disruptive theory in the history of modern science.

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In recent months, Ireland became an associate member of Cern, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. This is a very welcome development for physicists, engineers and computer scientists ...

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For the past two decades, scientists have wondered about a bright, distinct striped pattern seen in radio waves emanating ...

In a research project that has real implications for their regular laboratory work, a pair of physicists at Brown University ...

Quantum technologies, computers or other devices that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, rely on the precise ...

Black holes that turn matter into energy could explain dark energy and answer two other cosmic questions. Now, the challenge ...

New research suggests researchers should start by comparing parameters other than time.

Researchers have experimentally realized an optical effect predicted over 75 years ago: the Tellegen effect, where electric ...

Researchers have discovered how tiny organisms break the laws of physics to swim faster — such secrets of mesoscale physics and fluid dynamics can offer entirely new pathways for engineering and ...