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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Just over 200 years after French engineer and physicist Sadi Carnot formulated the second law of thermodynamics, an international team of researchers has unveiled an analogous law for the quantum ...

What do the clouds on Jupiter, dust storms on Mars and rainstorms on Titan all have in common? They look like they belong on ...

You may be able to disregard the rules in the Motor Vehicle Act and survive, but disobeying the laws of physics when you ...

Residents are invited to join in on a riveting discussion with author Gail Lynn at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Patterson ...

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

Researchers have found that human sperm does not follow Newton's third law of motion, and the implications of this research ...