Puzzling effects Two quantum simulations have revealed unexpected behaviour at quantum phase transitions. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Inna-Bigun) Unexpected behaviour at phase transitions between ...

Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights ...

An international team of researchers has found dark matter dominating the halos of two supermassive black holes in galaxies ...

Researchers from the University of Bayreuth and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen have investigated the movement patterns of unicellular, hydrogen-producing ...

Quantum mechanics plays a role in the process of photosynthesis. Engineers have long sought efficient ways to convert solar ...

By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...