The concept of entanglement links far-flung particles. That relationship can prove that someone is in the location they claim ...

A new calculation helps narrow down the mass of the W boson, one of the heaviest fundamental particles in the universe ...

When tectonic plates move, they rarely do so smoothly. Sometimes they slide almost imperceptibly; at other times, stress is ...

In 1916, only a year after Albert Einstein had published his general theory of relativity, Karl Schwarzschild used mathematical calculations to show this: If sufficient mass could be placed into an ...

A list of simple and fun facts of physics for you to digest!

For years, Rutgers physicist David Shih solved Rubik's Cubes with his children, twisting the colorful squares until the ...

Two of the forefathers of quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, had a famous argument over whether light is a wave ...

Drinking a Tito's Vodka Moscow Mule, for science.

A collection of videos that look at the challenges faced by scientists, engineers and doctors ahead of Felix Baumgartner's ...

Physics is the study of the underlying laws and mechanisms explaining how the universe works. Most of what we do in daily life is based on a principle or law of physics—dealing with forces, motion, ...