But here’s the catch: the theory fails to explain why some materials, like high-temperature superconductors, maintain their ...

The world is never really at rest. Even in a vacuum near ultracold temperatures where all classical motion should come to a halt, you'll find quantum fluctuations. In thin, two-dimensional materials, ...

Edited by Mónica Bello, In the Spaces Between is a sustained reflection on the long-running Arts at CERN programme.

Despite the headline, this isn’t really a story about superconductivity—at least not the superconductivity that people care ...

Physicists in China have unveiled new clues to the origins of high-temperature superconductivity in an iron-based material just a single unit-cell thick. Led by Qi-Kun Xue and Lili Wang at Tsinghua ...

Scientists found Pine’s Demon, a massless, neutral plasmon, in strontium ruthenate, offering insights into high-temperature ...

Martin Graff does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

A physicist proposes that consciousness is the fundamental basis of reality, with matter and spacetime emerging from it.

The Tesla and SpaceX chief has told his followers that they will live in a world where robots will take care of every need ...

The decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person.

What was your favorite toy growing up? This paradox claims that memory—and every other one—is just a random fluctuation.

Last year, our most detailed map of the universe yet suggested our understanding of dark energy has been wrong for decades. The shock result is reigniting the search for a better cosmic story ...