Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical ...
Magnetic compasses struggle aboard steel ships, but gyrocompasses solve the problem by exploiting Earth’s rotation itself. This video explains the physics of gyroscopes, precession, and modern fiber ...
In 1900, mathematician David Hilbert presented his colleagues with a list of problems he believed both captured the present state of mathematics and the shape of its future. This year, 125 years later ...
ABSTRACT: The goal of this paper is to define the quantum gravity wave function, in a manner consistent with current experiments, and to discuss interpretation of the imaginary number, “i ”. A gauge ...
On October 8, 2024, the field of physics was plunged into controversy. That day, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for discoveries not involving black holes, cosmology, or strange new subatomic ...
For decades, Gravity Probe B quietly orbited Earth, trying to measure distortions in space-time that many believed were impossible to detect. This is the story of how NASA’s most precise experiment ...
One Valve employee essentially made it happen. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Updated to clarify that it is grip sensing, a ...
Michell Audio is a revered British audio manufacturer with a history dating back to the 1960s, specializing in high-end turntables typically reserved for serious audiophiles. And this week, the brand ...
A research team from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), on Friday, announced that it had achieved a major milestone in levitation technology by eliminating eddy-current damping in ...
Prize awarded for developing 'next generation of quantum technology' 'I'm completely stunned,' says UC Berkeley professor Quantum technology ubiquitous in everyday electronics Physics is second prize ...
On Tuesday the field of quantum mechanics received a thoughtful 100th-birthday present from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: three shiny new medals, 11 million Swedish kronor (to be divided ...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden ‒ U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments that revealed quantum physics in action," paving the way ...