Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

The famous double-slit experiment brings into question the very nature of matter. Its cousin, the quantum eraser experiment, ...

What might the second quantum revolution mean for science, technology and our understanding of reality itself?

Ferroelectric materials are used in infrared cameras, medical ultrasounds, computer memory and actuators that turn electric properties into mechanical properties and vice-versa. Most of these ...

Quantum mechanics and the many-worlds theory suggest infinite parallel universes where every choice creates a new branch of reality. Rupert Murdoch warns judge of Donald Trump’s ‘red herring’ See what ...

Atomic clocks will only see a loss of 1 second in accuracy over a period of 10 million years. They are used in multiple ways, including the GPS in your car. Now researchers have found a way to bypass ...

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VIENNA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Austria has lured what it calls 25 "top researchers" away from U.S. institutions including Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton with grants set ...

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur from Argentina with powerful claws, feasting on an ancient crocodile bone. The new find was possibly 23 feet long and hailed from a mysterious group of ...

The new species belongs to the same group as triceratops and stegosaurs. Paleontologists have discovered a new species of iguanodontian dinosaur that lived 125 million years ago during the Cretaceous ...

Is it downright adorable, or is it so ugly it's cute? Either way, this newly discovered pink fish has the makings to survive in one of the darkest, coldest places on earth, and its pink, bumpy face is ...

Scientists at the University of Tokyo have unveiled “gold quantum needles,” a newly discovered nanocluster structure formed under unusual synthesis conditions. Unlike typical spherical clusters, these ...