During the mid- to late-twentieth century, quantum physicists picked apart the unified theory of physics that Einstein’s theory of relativity offered. The physics of the large was governed by gravity, ...

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We know how to derive most fundamental constants from conditions of the universe, models This is an accurate description of physics as a whole, but wildly untrue in particle physics. There are 25 ...

Physicists are quietly testing an audacious idea: that the mass of everything around us might not come from an invisible ...

Uncertainty affects the accuracy with which measurements can be made in quantum physics. To reduce this uncertainty, physicists have learned to "squeeze" certain measurements. Researchers are now ...

Light is usually described using quantum mechanics when phenomena like entanglement enter the picture. But a new paper shows ...

Nuclear physics is a mature science with strong connections to both fundamental physics and nuclear astrophysics, namely the origin of the chemical elements 1,2. Nuclear physics is over 100 years old, ...