Optical frequency combs—laser sources that emit evenly spaced colors of light—are foundational, ubiquitous tools for ...

Heat shields are designed to protect the surface and cargo of a spacecraft as it enters an atmosphere. Aerospace engineers in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois ...

In his latest video, a self-professed “science nerd” and amateur high-energy physicist shows us what happens when you give a ...

Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.

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A growing body of peer-reviewed research is building the case that aluminum, one of Earth’s most abundant metals, can match or outperform gold and silver in the field of plasmonics, the science of ...

From an image of a detector hunting for signs of dark matter to a picture of a deep-sea neutrino telescope studying astrophysical phenomena, the winning entries for the 2025 Global Physics Photowalk ...

Cambridge scientists have discovered a light-powered chemical reaction that lets researchers modify complex drug molecules at the final stages of development. Unlike traditional methods that rely on ...

A surprising lab discovery reveals a light-powered way to tweak complex drugs faster, cleaner, and later in development.

General relativity describes gravitation in a geometrical framework generalizing special relativity and classical mechanics. This term includes theoretical studies of gravity, experimental studies of ...