Modern physics suggests distance may emerge from motion, gravity and quantum entanglement, not exist as a basic fact. (CREDIT: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel/STScI, T. Hallas, and A.

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Turbulent flows, long thought to follow fixed rules of energy transfer, may be more flexible than previously believed.

Particle accelerators reveal the heart of nuclear matter by smashing together atoms at close to the speed of light. The ...

A teenage PhD defense is rare enough to feel unreal. Laurent Simons’ sprint through higher education offers a striking look ...

A new study challenges a decades-old explanation for how bacteria change direction, revealing that the process may be driven ...

He has completed his academic career by finishing his PhD, flying back to Germany with his dad, and preparing for his next ...

The chirality lies in the geometry Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of nickel-based artificial chiral magnets ...

At first glance, the soap foam appears to be quite simple: it is light, airy, and most often white. However, there is a great ...

Physicists in the US and Taiwan have performed new experiments that verify long-standing theoretical predictions of how ...

Superconductors are among the most puzzling materials in physics. They conduct electricity with zero resistance, but only ...