A new theory-based approach provides access to the minute transverse motion of quarks within protons. Nuclear physicists have developed a new theoretical framework that allows them to calculate a ...

Years ago, a photo of one of Elon Musk's high school physics exercises went viral online. Many people commented, ...

Scientists at TU Wien found that electrons need specific “doorway states” to escape solids, not just energy. The insight ...

For the first time, a quantum computer has successfully measured pairing correlations (quantum signals that show electrons ...

Before every takeoff, airlines calculate the exact weight of passengers and luggage to ensure proper balance and flight safety. Cars, in their own way, follow the same rule of physics. Weight governs ...

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data ...

“Learning a new language is like working out your brain,” said Jennifer Wittmeyer, a cognitive neuroscientist at ...

Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

This paper describes the eccentricity, amplitude, phase shift, angular momentum, polarization, radial path, and orbital ...

Falling into a black hole means facing extreme stretching, known as spaghettification, due to immense tidal forces. While ...

After Tom Bergeron called Bobby Bones’ 2018 Dancing With the Stars win the most shocking in his career, and the radio ...

Iulia Georgescu highlights the forgotten pioneers of computational physics and calls for a wider appreciation of research ...