A team of New York University scientists has created a gear mechanism that relies on fluids to generate rotation. The ...

Solving Problem 1 on work and energy from an old physics final exam. Follow the step-by-step reasoning behind classic work–energy principles and see how foundational physics problems were approached ...

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study ...

Netflix's sci-fi series 3 Body Problem, created by Game of Thrones' David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, finally has a Season 2 ...

Tennessee executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection Thursday in Nashville for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, a 20-year-old student at Chattanooga State University. Nichols, 64, had ...

How is it that quantum physics governs the very smallest things in the universe, yet classical, Newtonian rules describe the movements of everything else, from people to planets? In the second of two ...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock is down nearly 9% from its 52-week high, which it reached on Oct. 29. This is despite the company delivering a strong earnings report that showed growth ...

Microsoft’s near-term margin pressure reflects a “physics problem” of massive AI CapEx colliding with surging long-term demand. Satya Nadella’s “new economics of AI” signals a company-wide shift ...

While atmospheric turbulence is a familiar culprit of rough flights, the chaotic movement of turbulent flows remains an unsolved problem in physics. To gain insight into the system, a team of ...

Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner’s upcoming book is a philosophical exploration of the humanity behind our desire to find aliens. Reading time 6 minutes At Gizmodo, we love a good story about ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) Progress in the foundations of physics is moving slowly. And yet it moves. Today I look at the five biggest problems in physics, what their status is, and how long it will ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and solve the long-standing polaron problem, unlocking deeper understanding of ...