Virtual particles may not be real, but they help physicists track how forces move, and allow for incredibly precise ...

Many governments and tech companies are investing heavily in quantum technologies. In New Zealand, the recently announced ...

Science fiction sometimes uses quantum concepts to make the impossible seem plausible. But real-world developments will ...

If there is an absolute law in the universe, it’s that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Space is big, and ...

Differential equations are fundamental tools in physics: they are used to describe phenomena ranging from fluid dynamics to general relativity. But when these equations become stiff (i.e. they involve ...

Using the Open Exoplanet Catalog and NASA’s Eye on Exoplanets website provides new way to study Kepler’s and Newton’s laws ...

Stefan Hutzler and Louise Bradley explain how they turned the famous pitch-drop experiment into an outreach activity ...

For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...

By using something called a quantum grid, scientists have found a clever way to simultaneously measure momentum and position ...