After a weekend of extreme heat and windy conditions, more than 30 blazes were still burning in Victoria and New South Wales ...

The coldest and densest molecular gas clouds in the interstellar medium can have temperatures of 10 K (-505 °F/-263 °C), ...

As the weather grows cold this winter, you may be one of the many Americans pulling their winter jackets out of the closet.

"Learn how to simulate elastic collisions using Python in this hands-on physics tutorial! In this video, we’ll walk through the code to model collisions between two objects, showing how to apply the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If there’s one law of physics that seems easy to grasp, it’s the second law of thermodynamics: Heat flows spontaneously from hotter ...

Experts generally recommend turning on the heat when indoor temperatures fall to the mid-60s. The U.S. Department of Energy suggests setting your thermostat between 68 and 70 degrees while awake to ...

Prize awarded for developing 'next generation of quantum technology' 'I'm completely stunned,' says UC Berkeley professor Quantum technology ubiquitous in everyday electronics Physics is second prize ...

Stockholm — John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for research on seemingly obscure quantum tunneling that is advancing digital technology.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an ...

Nobel Committee member Göran Johansson explains elements of quantum mechanics during a press conference to announce the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 7 in Stockholm. Christine ...

MIAMI — The Miami Heat officially took their first step into the franchise’s 38th season with Monday’s media day at Kaseya Center. With coach Erik Spoelstra batting leadoff at the interview podium, ...

As temperatures in Arizona climb, more people are going to emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses, sometimes overwhelming hospitals. Focusing too much on heat-related deaths may detract from ...