Physics is the study of the underlying laws and mechanisms explaining how the universe works. Most of what we do in daily life is based on a principle or law of physics—dealing with forces, motion, ...

Recent progress on both analog and digital simulations of quantum fields foreshadows a future in which quantum computers ...

For a century, quantum theory has passed every experimental test, but physicists can’t agree on how to use it to paint a picture of our reality – or even whether that is possible ...

Electrons in a magnetic field can display striking behaviors, from the formation of discrete energy levels to the quantum ...

This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to ...

Nobel committees recognized the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) in two of this year’s prizes — honouring pioneers of neural networks with the physics prize, and the developers of ...

For the first time, scientists have observed electrons in graphene behaving like a nearly perfect quantum fluid, challenging a long-standing puzzle in physics. By creating ultra-clean samples, the ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

The standard model of particle physics is often illustrated as a simple grid showing the 17 basic particles (shown above). But an alternative way of visualising it reveals the complex rules that ...