New results published in the journal Physical Review Letters detail how a specially designed metamaterial was able to tip the ...

It is possible to make a material emit more radiation than it absorbs, violating the laws of physics in a way that could make energy-harvesting devices more efficient ...

Researchers have created digital copies of our galaxy, the Milky Way, to better understand one of the Universe's greatest mysteries: dark matter. These virtual twins are the result of the ...

A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

A new material developed at Penn State defies a fundamental law of physics, opening doors to highly efficient solar cells.

The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela ...

Nearly a decade ago, a detector searching for ghostly cosmic particles found two anomalous signals in Antarctic ice. But ...

When Sir Isaac Newton conceived his now-famed laws of motion in 1686, he sought to explain the relationship between a ...