The ice in a domestic freezer is remarkably different from the single crystals that form in snow clouds, or even those formed ...

Electrons are usually described as particles, but in a rare quantum material, that picture completely breaks down ...

Physicists have uncovered a link between magnetism and a mysterious phase of matter called the pseudogap, which appears in ...

Foams are everywhere: soap suds, shaving cream, whipped toppings and food emulsions like mayonnaise. For decades, scientists ...

If ever spotted in the emptiness of space, according to theoretical physicist Eugeny Babichev of the University of ...

Exotic hypothetical particles known as axions could be produced inside a nuclear reactor, something The Big Bang Theory’s ...

Scientists have discovered a new quantum state of matter that connects two significant areas of physics, potentially leading ...

Light is usually described using quantum mechanics when phenomena like entanglement enter the picture. But a new paper shows ...

The coldest and densest molecular gas clouds in the interstellar medium can have temperatures of 10 K (-505 °F/-263 °C), ...

Conduction is the direct flow of heat from your warm body into your colder surroundings. In winter, all that heat escaping ...

Flux physics refers to continuous change in physical quantities, including energy transfer and dynamic equilibria. Flux is central to many areas of formal and Big-P physics, though intuitive ...