Time travel has shifted from pure fantasy to a serious, if highly constrained, topic in modern physics. The equations that ...

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

Researchers at TU Wien have developed a one-dimensional “quantum wire” using a gas of ultracold atoms. In this system, both ...

Probability theory forms the mathematical backbone for quantifying uncertainty and random events, providing a rigorous language with which to describe both everyday phenomena and complex scientific ...

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I’m going to go ahead and say it: what happens online doesn’t always necessarily square up with what’s actually going on in real life. Yes, we all know that Elon Musk’s political opinions are ...

The 1945 Trinity test produced heat 10,000 times greater than the surface of the sun and spread fallout across the country. Tina Cordova and her mother, Rosalie, relax at Bonito Lake, New Mexico, in ...

How crucial is this weekend for the Carolina Panthers and their playoff hopes? Well, we can probably say that those hopes will be on life support if the game doesn't roll their way. Sunday's NFC South ...