Traditional computers rely on binary bits for computation, while quantum computers utilize quantum bits that have superposition properties. The research team chose atoms as carriers for quantum bits ...

Faster-than-light (FTL) travel is a concept that has long captivated both the scientific community and science fiction enthusiasts. In a cosmos where light speed is viewed as the ultimate velocity ...

The speed of light, c, is not just a very large number. In modern physics it is a structural constant: the conversion factor ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole.

At a busy street crossing, people wait for the signal to change. When one person steps out first, others soon follow.

A recent resurgence of interest in a bold cosmological theory has reignited debate about the nature of dark matter, the Big Bang, and the possible existence of a mirror universe. Originally proposed ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is an enormous loop of ocean current in the Atlantic Ocean that ...

We extract more than 100 billion tonnes of raw materials from Earth each year, then throw most of them away. The "circular ...

Time crystals, a state of matter once thought physically impossible, could soon be on a banknote.

This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to audio speakers. Oh, and without it we’d live in eternal darkness.

Silicon Valley's exhortation to "move fast and break things" makes it easy to lose sight of wider impacts when companies are ...

According to company intelligence expert "Finance Doodle", on September 11, Ma Yi, the Dean of the School of Computing and ...