Einstein's Handwritten Letter Sold to Anonymous Collector for $1.2 Million; 1-Page Writing Contains Famous E=mc2 Equation

PHYSICS & MATH 05.27.2021 05:20 AM

Albert Einstein's handwritten letter has recently been reported to have been sold to an anonymous collector at auction, for $1.2 million.

Better Robotic Surgeries Possible as Scientists Develop New Physics Law on Friction

04.30.2021 21:42 PM

Researchers have devised a new physics law to account for the friction needed for robots to better grasp objects.

Warp Drives Possible for Space Travel Beyond Light Speed

04.24.2021 23:19 PM

Physicists offer possible chances for the existence of warp drives that would allow faster than light space travel.

Muon Anomaly: How A 'Last Hope' Effort Revolutionizes Physics

04.18.2021 00:15 AM

Earlier this month, physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) near Chicago reported the results of the Muon g-2 experiment - and a study released the same day challenges decades of study on the subject.

5th Important Force of Nature Discovered in New Lab Experiment

04.08.2021 06:15 AM

Physicists recently said they have discovered probable signs of a fifth fundamental force of nature showing findings coming from a study carried out at a laboratory near Chicago.

Researchers Manipulate Antimatter With Laser for the First Time

03.31.2021 22:56 PM

For the first time, scientists from the ALPHA collaboration at CERN reported successfully manipulating antimatter using a laser system - potentially changing antimatter research and guide future experiments on the field.

New Physics Discovered by Scientists May Help Explain Mysteries of the Universe

03.23.2021 23:13 PM

Hints of new physics or unforeseen behavior by the so-called beauty quark, a sub-atomic particle, could reveal flaws in this decades-old theory's foundations.

CERN Scientists Discover Four New Elementary Particles

03.15.2021 08:00 AM

Scientists at CERN have announced finding four new elementary particles at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Carbon Nanodots Could Serve as Cheaper, Cleaner Quantum Dot Alternatives for the Future

03.09.2021 05:28 AM

Quantum dots generally refer to specially fabricated nanocrystals that exhibit unique electrical and optical properties due to their inherent quantum properties. However, conventional technology has limited quantum dots to toxic and costly metals as raw materials.

How to Grow Artificial Hair Successfully? Use Simple Physics

02.24.2021 02:08 AM

Through the use of simple physics, Princeton University researchers were able to develop and grow artificial hair, transforming old series of engineering conflicts into a solution for manufacturing.

Researchers Fabricate Material That Has Both Quantum Hall Effect and Superconductivity

02.22.2021 06:33 AM

In a strange turn of quantum materials research, researchers could fabricate a material that exhibits both superconductivity and quantum Hall effect - two phenomena that are generally seen as opposites as far as electrical resistance is concerned.

Researchers Report the First Observation of a "marginal Fermi Glass"

02.02.2021 04:30 AM

Researchers used a novel tech to make the first observation of a rare state called marginal Fermi glass.

Scientists Lay Down A Wild Plan to Harvest Energy From Black Hole

01.15.2021 00:30 AM

Experts say black holes could be theoretically harvested to provide power for future off-planet colonies.

Caltech Scientists Observe an Optical Chaotic System in Real-Time

01.14.2021 02:15 AM

Chaotic systems are systems that are sensitively dependent on initial conditions and, while appearing predictable at first, grows increasingly more random - and researchers have observed one such system using ultrafast cameras.

New Study Might Explain Crystalline Ice’s Anomalous Behavior

12.30.2020 12:00 PM

Ice, water's solid form, has always been a curious case from the early humans to modern-day physicists. However, a new study observing an obscure property of ice might explain its seemingly anomalous behavior.

Physicists Who Worked on Space-Time Distortions Wins PM Prize for Science

10.29.2020 11:00 AM

The Prime Minister's Prize for Science goes to a physicist team that worked in the first direct observation of gravitational waves in 2015.

Samsung, Stanford University Teams Up For a 10,000 ppi OLED Display

10.26.2020 08:30 AM

Taking the graphics game to a new level, the Korean electronics giant Samsung teamed up with Stanford University to fabricate an OLED display with resolutions up to 10,000 pixels per inch (ppi).

Optical Clocks Narrow Down the Search for Dark Matter

10.25.2020 09:00 AM

Researchers have used the accuracy of optical clocks to close in on the mysterious components of dark matter, as well as the coupling between parts - particles and fields - postulated by the standard model of physics.

A New Timekeeping Theory Reconciles Einstein's Relativity and Quantum Clocks

10.23.2020 17:00 PM

One property of quantum mechanics is superposition, which explains how a system could be in multiple states at the same time until the instant it is observed or measured. A theoretical study suggests that this phenomenon affects high-precision clocks.

Machine Learning Might Guide the Arrow of Time in Microscopic Processes

10.23.2020 12:00 PM

In a microscopic context, fluctuations can cause phenomena that directly violate the second law of thermodynamics, leading observers to find the arrow of time being blurry and vague. However, a new machine-learning algorithm could help researchers in the future.

New Radio Images Show Direct Effect of Volcanic Activity on Io's Atmosphere

10.22.2020 06:00 AM

A new set of radio images taken by the Atacama Large Millimeter/ submillimeter Array (ALMA) has captured the direct impact of volcanic activity on Io's atmosphere.