In their research, Hasenfratz, Catterall, and Butt used renormalization group (RG) theory to study the more complex phase ...

On a breezy afternoon last autumn in Cambridge, Mass., in a laboratory thrumming with the huff-whish-huff sound of ...

Artificial intelligence has just cracked a problem that has frustrated condensed matter theorists for decades, turning a long-standing maze in frustrated magnet physics into a solved benchmark. By ...

In a major advance, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have devised a method to grow high-quality 2D ...

Akira Yamamoto and his colleagues developed high-performance superconducting magnets used to precisely measure subatomic ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: What we think of as ‘the unknown’ isn’t always some hypothetical wormhole or alternate dimension. A lot of times, the ‘unknown’ is something real, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All the magnets you have ever interacted with, such as the tchotchkes stuck to your refrigerator door, are magnetic for the same reason.

In the air people breathe, the water on Earth, the stars in the sky and more, atoms are the building blocks that make up the universe. Understanding the structure of the atomic nucleus is crucial for ...

Libor Šmejkal has a fondness for the artwork of M. C. Escher, whose work was often inspired by mathematics. One of Šmejkal’s favourite pieces is Horseman, a striking picture that features an elaborate ...

A surprising breakthrough in physics could reshape the future of computing by tapping into a strange, previously untapped ...

Astrophysics faces a paradox: several independent measurements of the speed at which the cosmos is growing do not agree. This ...