DURHAM, N.C. — Our cosmic neighborhood is revealing an uncomfortable and unexplainable truth: the universe seems to be ...

LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, are essential components in near-eye displays like virtual reality and augmented reality ...

A black hole with an extraordinary appetite, consuming the equivalent of 3,000 Suns every year, has left scientists both baffled and terrified. Its growth rate, which is a staggering 2.4 times faster ...

Over the short span of just 300 years, since the invention of modern physics, we have gained a deeper understanding of how our universe works on both small and large scales. Yet, physics is still very ...

The Standard Model of Particle Physics is one of the pinnacles of human ingenuity. It describes the world of particles and their interactions and its predictions have been confirmed time and time ...

Emily Kuhn, a former gymnast and current physics PhD student at Yale University, explains all the math behind the amazing flips and turns we see during the Olympic gymnastics competitions. Emily ...

In the light of the recent Engineer’s Bookshelf recommendation of”TheBlackHole War” and recent TV programs such as Science Channel's”Through the Wormhole” with Morgan Freeman presenter, BBC'sinfo-lite ...

Physicist Jeffrey Hazboun visits WIRED to answer the internet's swirling questions about physics. How does one split an atom? Is light a wave or a particle...or both? How soon will the universe end?

Illustration of ions moving in water under strong confinement. Courtesy: T Mouterde, ENS By measuring how the electric current of an ionic fluid is generated by the flow of water through ...