Physics

At age 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how lots of people […]

Bhavin Shastri still gets excited when he sees a laser pointer, and he’s been fascinated by them since he was

Cancer-busting particle beams have been caught in the act. Particle beams can provide a blast of destructive energy directly to

Stitches are getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment in rats, a new strong, flexible thread hastened wound healing by

As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have nabbed the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. The prize

Above the cloud tops, thunderstorms throb with a complex, frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a retrofitted

The texture of mayonnaise inspires love and hate. Either way, it’s perfect for physics experiments. The classic seasoning is useful

Black holes about the size of a hydrogen atom may be careening into the solar system without being noticed. But

Imagine Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airplanes. Steam robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in hats

Electric vehicles promise to help us move away from fossil fuels, but they present a new problem: how to get