Every year, Santa Claus races around the globe in a matter of hours to bring presents to children all over the world.

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The fifth state of matter—the ultracold Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)—has been an invaluable tool in unlocking the secrets ...

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As the weather grows cold this winter, you may be one of the many Americans pulling their winter jackets out of the closet.

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In the 1960s, a group of physicists and historians began a massive project meant to catalogue and record the history of quantum physics. It was called Sources for History of Quantum Physics (SHQP). As ...

The American Institute of Physics has awarded its 2002 Andrew Gemant Award for communicating physics to Michael Riordan, adjunct professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Setting aside the insane upheaval going on i n US science, this year’s Physics World Live series will give you a sense of ...

Scientists in Paris discovered two new substances with incredible radioactivity. It earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics ...

The still-unsolved shooting death​ of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro​ this week has sent shockwaves through the campus.

Trying to choose between an M.Sc in Physics or Applied Physics? Learn the simple differences between studying the laws of ...