Using machine learning, string theorists are finally showing how microscopic configurations of extra dimensions translate into…
Author: Charlie Wood
The Mysterious ‘Dark’ Energy That Permeates the Universe Is Slowly Eroding
Physicists call the dark energy that drives the universe “the cosmological constant.” Now the largest map…
The Quest to Map the Inside of the Proton
Long-anticipated experiments that use light to mimic gravity are revealing the distribution of energies, forces, and…
These Rogue Worlds Upend the Theory of How Planets Form
Scientists have recently discovered scores of free-floating planets that defy classification—forcing them to rethink their theories…
An Invisible ‘Demon’ Lurks in an Odd Superconductor
Physicists have long suspected that hunks of metal could vibrate in a peculiar way that would…
The JWST Has Spotted Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe
Giant black holes were supposed to be bit players in the early cosmic story. But James…
How These Nobel-Winning Physicists Explored Tiny Glimpses of Time
The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons.
The Quest to Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing
The quantum energy teleportation protocol was proposed in 2008 and largely ignored. Now two independent experiments…
How Reality May Be a Sum of All Possible Realities
Richard Feynman’s path integral is a powerful prediction machine and a philosophy. Physicists still struggle to…
How Quantum Physicists ‘Flipped Time’ (and Didn’t)
In 2022, two teams made photons act as if time were simultaneously flowing in both directions,…