For the first time, a group of physicists is arguing that a warp drive is not just a mathematical curiosity but something ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

The idea that a hidden fourth dimension could be woven into everyday reality is no longer just a science‑fiction trope.

In the end, the Universe becomes a place where gravity and quantum physics slowly turn all mass into faint streams of particles.

Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most realistic simulations yet of matter flowing into black holes. Building on decades of research, a group of c ...

Quanta Books is delighted to announce two new upcoming books by mathematician Terence Tao and theoretical physicist David ...

A new study reveals that Srinivasa Ramanujan’s century-old formulas for calculating pi unexpectedly emerge within modern theories of critical phenomena, turbulence, and black holes. In school, many of ...

Ramanujan's pi-computing machinery exactly mirrors the necessary structure in modern physical theories (LCFTs).

The ancient world was probably filled with magicians using science only a few understood, but the works of one man have ...

Based on a list compiled by the American Institute of Physics, UNG had 19 physics graduates in 2023-24. As impressive as ...

Before Einstein, before Bohr, there was a Jesuit priest with a telescope and a startlingly modern vision of the universe.

A high-speed camera films a robotic hula hooper with an hourglass shape, which helps the hoop stay up. Credit: NYU’s Applied Mathematics Laboratory Successful hula hooping requires a body type with ...