A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

In Millikan's experiment, an oil drop became a microscopic messenger, revealing the quantized nature of electric charge, a cornerstone of modern physics. This ingenious experiment, conducted by Robert ...

In 1999, Belgian physicist Chris Van Den Broeck implemented a minor alteration to Alcubierre’s concept by shrinking the ...

The sighting of a bright red sphere racing out of our galaxy at extreme speed has handed NASA one of its strangest puzzles in ...

Physicists have demonstrated with unprecedented accuracy that the speed of light remains constant. In 1887, a landmark physics experiment was carried out by American researchers Michelson and Morley.

An interstellar comet has shattered speed records as it hurtled through our solar system, captivating astronomers and ...

Quantum theory fails to explain how the reality we experience emerges from the world of particles. A new take on quantum ...

Enthralling and perplexing, black holes continue to inspire the pens of many science fiction writers and screenwriters. But ...

Physicists have created a visible, self-sustaining “time crystal” using swirling liquid crystals that move in endlessly repeating patterns when illuminated. Imagine a clock that runs forever without ...

Students with an interest in sports looking to add a science course to their schedule may consider an updated four credit-hour version of a course offered through the physics department: Physics 1111: ...

Video-based anomaly detection in urban surveillance faces a fundamental challenge: scale-projective ambiguity. This occurs when objects of different physical sizes appear identical in camera images ...

The primary force at play when a block slides down an inclined plane is gravity. Gravity acts vertically downwards, pulling ...