Think about the last professional video you watched—a commercial, a music video, a film trailer. Beyond the cinematography and editing, you probably noticed something else: the effects and transitions ...

Scientists announced on Wednesday that they have found no evidence for the hypothetical “sterile neutrino,” an extra version of the ghostly neutrino particles that are ubiquitous in the universe. The ...

Warmer waters are fueling stronger, snowier storms—at least for now. Here’s how scientists think this phenomenon will evolve as the planet gets hotter. Steam is seen rising off a frozen Lake Michigan ...

This film uses archival clips and documents to examine the way climate change evolved from nonpartisan topic to divisive issue. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Forget about turtles; for all practical purposes, it’s really particles all the way down. Consider the seemingly simple matter of their size, the very thing that makes them so alien. We’re typically ...

The atmospheric game genre has been becoming increasingly popular as of late. For a game to be considered atmospheric, I believe it must have at least one of two things: stunning visuals that you can ...

PlayStation 5 owners are blessed with some great puzzle explorations this month. Fresh off game of the year contender Sword of the Sea releasing comes Underwater Fire’s Particle Hearts, another ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's upcoming RTX Remix update introduces a realistic particle system with path-traced lighting, enabling modders to add dynamic embers, dust, and more to over 165 classic PC games. The ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents an ambitious and comprehensive long-term vision for the field of particle physics to further our ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. On a quiet pandemic afternoon in 2021, Zhiyuan Wang, then a graduate student at Rice University, was alleviating his boredom by working ...

If photons possess more quantum states than expected, it would overhaul our understanding of all particle physics – and now physicists have identified a way to test this radical idea in an experiment.