A long-standing law of thermodynamics turns out to have a loophole at the smallest scales. Researchers have shown that quantum engines made of correlated particles can exceed the traditional ...

Delve into the detail of atomic physics. As the basic units of matter, atoms are the building blocks for everything in the universe. Once thought to be indivisible, we now know they can indeed be ...

Speaking on the prospect of artificial general intelligence, LeCun suggested it’s a misnomer, because human intelligence, in his view, is not general. He prefers the term “human-level intelligence,” ...

Two physicists at the University of Stuttgart have demonstrated that the Carnot principle, a foundational rule of thermodynamics, does not fully apply ...

But only in the last 70 years have we known for certain they were there. In 1956, physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines ...

In a quiet corner of low-temperature physics, researchers have stumbled on a phase of matter that seems to break one of the ...

Military innovation is often driven by competition and the desire for a tactical advantage. Behind the scenes of every major war, governments, defense engineers, and scientists have envisioned weapons ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory have been named 2025 Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). The honor recognizes their excellence in physics and exceptional service to the physics community.

It has been revealed that simply twisting and stacking two layers of oxide crystals can allow the atomic arrangement itself ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Atomic scientists set their "Doomsday Clock" on Tuesday closer than ever to ...

Researchers at the University of Basel and the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel have demonstrated how quantum mechanical ...

The new Doomsday Clock time has been set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Here’s what it means.