A single molecule provides a controllable connection between a normal metal and a superconductor.    

Researchers are developing highly reflective thin films that could be installed on small light-propelled spacecraft.

Transforming an MRI brain scan into a hyperbolic network of nodes allows researchers to detect brain connectivity disruption caused by Alzheimer’s disease.

Language models such as ChatGPT could help university educators provide more consistent and transparent grades for introductory-level physics exams.

New experiments with virtual reality suggest that locusts do not follow traditional rules of collective behavior.

Microsoft’s announcement of achieving a milestone in a potentially transformative approach to quantum computing is met with skepticism by researchers attending the APS Global Summit.

The Euclid satellite released its first trove of galaxy data based on seven days of deep-field observations in three sky areas.

Potential cuts of up to 50 per cent of NASA's science budget could mean cancelling missions including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Voyager probes

Researchers have proposed methods to tune the properties of altermagnets, a step toward practical applications for this new form of magnet.

Tech giant Microsoft claimed in a recent press release to have made the first topological qubit–an important milestone in the development of quantum computers. But some experts say the firm’s claim ha...

When men and women physics undergraduates receive the same amount of recognition from their peers for being good at physics, men report significantly higher perceptions of peer recognition than women.

The tension—a disagreement between cosmic-clumpiness measurements—is not going away, according to a new analysis of galaxy lensing data.

Researchers have demonstrated a method to create circular polarizing films from nonchiral nanoclusters that form spiral chains during drying.

Observations of a new deformation mode of ice could improve models of sea-level rise.

Measurements made by the JWST observatory could be used to detect photons emitted by the decay of a hypothetical form of dark matter particle known as the axion.

Researchers are unraveling the influence of energetic particles on the stability of plasmas in fusion reactors.

A new underwater neutrino experiment—for now, only partially installed—has detected what appears to be the highest-energy cosmic neutrino observed to date.

The creation of modern quantum mechanics was a messy business in which many of the participants did not grasp the significance of their own discoveries.

Davisson and Germer showed that electrons scatter from a crystal the way x rays do, proving that particles of matter can act like waves.

Scientists have pinpointed energy-efficient ways to cook al dente pasta and developed an infallible recipe for the perfect cacio e pepe sauce.

Arthur Compton’s results convinced most skeptics that in some experiments, light can act like a stream of particles.

The experiment provided further proof of the reality of photons, yet Millikan didn’t accept their existence until later in his career.

Researchers predict the existence of a class of particles that behave differently from those already known.

Researchers show they can magnetize an antiferromagnet using terahertz light, switching the state on a million times faster than is possible for other magnetic states.

It is imperative that we protect science education from “intelligent design” and other alternative “theories”

The release of a second, higher-resolution image of the supermassive black hole M87* marks the start of what researchers hope will be an era of many more black hole photos.

Ranga Dias claimed to have discovered the first room-temperature superconductors, but the work was later retracted. An investigation by Nature’s news team reveals new details about what happened — and...

Katherine Wright reviews Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean by Matt Strassler

A technique that can determine the chirality of a molecule using that molecule’s own electrons could allow researchers to probe the dynamical behavior of chiral molecules on very short timescales.

Jury awards Mann more than US$1 million — raising hopes for scientists who are attacked politically because of their work. Jury awards Mann more than US$1 million — raising hopes for scientists who ar...