Some 40 years ago, physicists noticed certain metals were conducting electricity in a bizarre way no one could explain. New ...

Just slow down. Of course, that means it’ll take longer to get to your destination. A few years ago, I wrote a piece for WIRED on finding an optimal driving speed, assuming the extra drive time costs ...

How Emmy Noether's theorem uses the Lagrangian to provide a formula for calculating the quantity of symmetries in a ...

The University of Minnesota-connected citizen science platform logs its one billionth contribution to scientific knowledge.

Time has always seemed like the one thing physics could count on. Matter changes, stars die, particles flicker in and out, ...

It feels like there’s no escaping AI right now, whether you’re trying to type a sentence without being interrupted by a digital “assistant” or struggling to find a new refrigerator that doesn’t ...

Every great creative movement—whether in art, science, technology, or organizational life—follows a pattern so consistent it might as well be encoded in the laws of nature. Breakthroughs rarely emerge ...

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 ...

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis were recognized for work that made behaviors of the subatomic realm observable at a larger scale. By Katrina Miller and Ali Watkins John Clarke, ...

Nobel Committee member Göran Johansson explains elements of quantum mechanics during a press conference to announce the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 7 in Stockholm. Christine ...

Have you ever paused to wonder how your toaster perfectly browns bread or why your zipper stays shut? The physics behind everyday objects is a fascinating blend of science and clever engineering. For ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. There are precision measurements, and then there’s the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. In each of LIGO’s twin ...