Quantum mechanics represents the cornerstone of modern society, but it also encompasses possibilities for its future evolution On the 24th of October 1927, in a gorgeously decorated ballroom turned- ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about physics, science, academia, and pop culture. In December, 1930, a group of physicists convened a meeting in Tübingen ...

When Shohini Ghose was studying physics as a kid, she heard certain names repeated over and over. "Einstein, Newton, Schrodinger," she recalls. "They're all men." Ghose is a quantum physicist and a ...

In November 1949 Chien-Shiung Wu and her graduate student, Irving Shaknov, descended to a laboratory below Columbia University’s Pupin Hall. They needed antimatter for a new experiment, so they made ...

Agastya Goel, a 17-year-old Indian-origin student, was part of the United States Physics Team that clinched all five gold ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Kalisa Villafana will become Florida State University's first black female graduate to earn a doctoral degree in nuclear physics. Villafana will make history when she is hooded on ...