This Year's Physics Nobel Awards Scientists for Slicing Reality into Attoseconds
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier split the award for their ability to picture nature in a billionth of a billionth of a second
This Year's Physics Nobel Awards Scientists for Slicing Reality into Attoseconds
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier split the award for their ability to picture nature in a billionth of a billionth of a second
What Happens if You Drop Antimatter? New Gravitational Test Sees First Fall
In theory, physicists knew that antimatter should behave just like matter under gravity’s pull. But until now, no one had ever seen it happen
How Antisemitism and Professional Betrayal Marred Lise Meitner’s Scientific Legacy
Letters between Lise Meitner and the chemist Otto Hahn reveal how she struggled with Hahn's failure to credit her work and condemn the Nazi atrocities
To Get Kids Interested in Science, We Have to Let Them Do Science
A pilot program for high schoolers offers a blueprint in getting students involved in cutting-edge particle physics research
She Cracked the Mystery of How to Split the Atom, but Someone Else Got the Nobel Prize for the Discovery
Lise Meitner, an Austrian-born Jewish physicist, never received the Nobel Prize she deserved for her pioneering work on nuclear fission
Rare Superheavy Oxygen Isotope Is Detected at Last
The long-awaited discovery of oxygen 28 might prompt physicists to revamp theories of how atomic nuclei are structured
Perpetual Puzzle
Particle Physicists Dream of a Muon Collider
After years spent languishing in obscurity, proposals for a muon collider are regaining momentum among particle physicists
Will Scientists Ever Find a Theory of Everything?
Physicists are on an ever urgent quest to find a fuller understanding of what makes the cosmos tick, which they call a theory of everything
Muon Mystery Deepens with Latest Measurements
The latest data from the Muon g−2 experiment corroborates previous results, but clashing theoretical predictions leave physicists without a clear conclusion
The Most Surprising Discoveries in Physics
Experts weigh in on the most shocking, paradigm-shifting and delightful findings in the history of physics
Here’s What Physics Tells Us about Barbie’s World
Using concepts from theoretical physics and explorations of the multiverse, here’s what we can understand about Barbie and the world she lives in