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A two-dimensional material made entirely of carbon called graphene won the Nobel Prize in 2010. Graphyne might be even better.
There's a speed limit to the Universe: the speed of light in a vacuum. Want to beat the speed of light? Try going through a medium!
“I thought, why not direct these high-power beams, instead of into fusion plasma, down into rock and vaporize the hole?”
From the explosions themselves to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics.
It has no moving parts and could allow us to tap into renewable energy year round.
Now they're pointing the way to future battery technologies.
The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.
Do the laws of physics place a hard limit on how far technology can advance, or can we re-write those laws?
Could Russia's plan actually destroy demand for natural gas?
Dr. Tyson explains where we might find aliens, why "dark matter" is a misleading term, and why you can blame physics for your favorite team's loss.
A lucky discovery involving lithium-sulfur batteries has a legitimate chance to revolutionize how we power our world.
A new paper combines two concepts from the edges of astrophysics: Dyson Spheres and black holes. A Type III civilization could combine them.
Germany finds itself once again allowing a murderous dictator to run rampant in Europe, though this time it is due to incompetence and technophobia rather than malice.
More than any other of Einstein's equations, E = mc² is the most recognizable to people. But what does it all mean?
The Kardashev scale ranks civilizations from Type 1 to Type 3 based on energy harvesting.
∆G = ∆H - T∆S is one of the most abstract formulas in science, but it is also one of the most important. Without it, life cannot exist.
If the multiverse is real, where does all the energy for it come from? One of the biggest scientific puzzles, even given our knowledge of the Big Bang, is to understand […]
The center of our Sun tops out at 15 million K, but nuclear bombs can get nearly 20 times hotter. Here’s how. In terms of raw energy output, nothing on our […]
It’s perhaps the most famous equation of all, with lessons about reality for every one of us. If you’ve ever heard of Albert Einstein, chances are you know at least one […]
From explosions to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics. This Thursday, July 4, 2019, is remarkable for a number of reasons. It happens to […]
If particles weren’t also waves, the Sun would never achieve nuclear fusion. Without quantum mechanics, life on Earth would never have come to exist. The greatest source of newly-produced energy in […]
It’s so much more than mass-energy equivalence; it’s the key to unlocking the quantum Universe. For hundreds of years, there was an immutable law of physics that was never challenged: […]