In 1687, Sir Isaac Newton published his groundbreaking book, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, which described his three laws of motion. In the process, Newton laid the foundation for ...

For two centuries, students have learned that heat flows and engines work according to rigid limits that no machine can beat.

It took 125 years, but in 2025 a team of mathematicians discovered the solution to a long-puzzling problem about the ...

The dominant view in physics is simple: the laws of nature are fixed. Gravity pulls as it always has; quantum probabilities collapse with the same stubborn indifference today as billions of years ago.

Isaac Newton was arguably the greatest mind to ever contribute to science. He was only 23 years old when he described the laws of motion, and his Earth-shattering works led to the invention of ...

The laws of physics do not exist, a theoretical physicist named Sankar Das Sarma argues in a new column published by New Scientist. While we define the laws as the "ultimate laws" of our universe, ...

Almost exactly 200 years ago, French physicist Sadi Carnot determined the maximum efficiency of heat engines. The Carnot ...

Genetic mutations could be predicted before they occur using a new law of physics, according to a new study. Genetic mutations could be predicted before they occur using a new law of physics, ...