If you took introductory physics, you learned about the “fundamental forces.” It goes something like this: All interactions ...

A NASA engineer has made an extraordinary claim that could shake the foundations of physics as we know it. Dr. Charles Buhler ...

Scientists are investigating how structures made from several layers of graphene stack up in terms of their fundamental physics and their potential as reconfigurable semiconductors for advanced ...

For decades, atomic clocks have been the pinnacle of precision timekeeping, enabling GPS navigation, cutting-edge physics ...

One branch of physics is quantum mechanics, which deals with the study and analysis of elements at the microscopic level, the behavior of matter, atoms, electrons, molecules, etc.

Researchers show that Cartan's First Structure Equation, which relates to edge and screw dislocations in crystal lattices, can be recast in the same form as a basic mathematical formula that governs ...

With today’s data rates of only a few hundred megabytes per second, access to digital information remains relatively slow.

The electric field is “an agent of chaos,” said Glyn ... a professor of plasma physics at University of California, Los ...

Scientists have unlocked a way to read magnetic orientation at record-breaking speeds using terahertz radiation. Modern hard ...

New research from materials scientist Chris Van de Walle illuminates the path to superior electro-optic performance in ...

From integrated photonics to quantum information science, the ability to control light with electric fields—a phenomenon ... Their study, published in Applied Physics Letters, explains how ...