A major report plotting the future of U.S. particle physics calls for cuts to the beleaguered DUNE project, advocates a “muon shot” for a next-generation collider and recommends a new survey of the universe’s oldest observable light
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier split the award for their ability to picture nature in a billionth of a billionth of a second
After years spent languishing in obscurity, proposals for a muon collider are regaining momentum among particle physicists
The latest data from the Muon g−2 experiment corroborates previous results, but clashing theoretical predictions leave physicists without a clear conclusion
Researchers say they have discovered a new room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor, but many scientists are unconvinced
Allegations of data fabrication have sparked the retraction of multiple papers from Ranga Dias, a researcher who claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor
Some of the most violent cosmic collisions occur silently in the vacuum of space, but with the right instrumental ears, we can still hear it happen. Here’s how.
Researchers still hope to discover hundreds of new binary black hole mergers despite technical setbacks that have sidelined key detectors in Italy and Japan
Elegant experiments with entangled light have laid bare a profound mystery at the heart of reality
This year’s Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics honors some of the pioneers of quantum information science
Over 10 days, researchers participating in the once-a-decade “Snowmass process” attempted to build a unified scientific vision for the future of particle physics
Long-awaited boosts to the world’s most powerful collider could spur breakthroughs in the hunt for physics beyond the Standard Model
A new analysis by the CDF collaboration is a bolt from the blue, finding that the W boson is significantly heavier than suggested by previous measurements and theoretical prediction
Runaway success and underfunding have led to growing pains for the preprint server
The prestigious award finally recognizes work that helped scientists understand climate change and, more broadly, find order in disorder
The competition between the U.S. and China over development of quantum technology has implications for both the future of science and the two countries’ political relations
Two teams have demonstrated new degrees of quantum measurements in micron-sized metal drums
Initial data from the Muon g-2 experiment have excited particle physicists searching for undiscovered subatomic particles and forces
Muons and electrons might not experience the same fundamental interactions, contrary to Standard Model predictions
The popular term “quantum supremacy,” which refers to quantum computers outperforming classical ones, is uncomfortably reminiscent of “white supremacy”
The setup of lasers and mirrors effectively “solved” a problem far too complicated for even the largest traditional computer system
Over the past century, the existence of these invisible cosmic bodies has become unmistakable
Hints of anomalous activity in heavy isotopes could be clues to new physics
Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider suggest that muons and other “second-generation particles” obtain their mass from interacting with the Higgs, further strengthening the Standard Model