The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality of infinitely precise numbers. Strangely, although we feel as if we ...

Time travel has long been a staple of science fiction, captivating imaginations with the possibility of moving through time as easily as we travel through space. However, the question remains: how ...

The idea of time in physics is often associated with the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the entropy of an isolated system increases over time. Since the world keeps moving forward on ...

Laurent Simons, a 15-year-old prodigy, has completed his PhD in quantum physics from Belgium’s University of Antwerp, in what could be a record time. The teen, who completed his bachelor’s degree in ...

Classical physics is characterized by the equations describing the world. Yet our day-to-day experience is struck by this deterministic vision of the world. A physicist has been analyzing the ...

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 ...

All three winners of today’s 2025 Nobel Prize in physics are faculty at the University of California. The Nobel Prize committee honored John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the ...

“If this is correct, to the extent of my knowledge, it would mark the first time humanity has ‘seen’ dark matter. And it ...

He was a gentleman who helped create the world’s most deadly weapon; a humble man who collected as many honors as almost any man of his time. Before he died of a heart attack last week at 77, Danish ...