In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. If you put a drop of ink into water, ...

They ask us to believe, for example, that the world we experience is fundamentally divided from the subatomic realm it’s built from. Or that there is a wild proliferation of parallel universes, or ...

Exotic states of matter known as time crystals are largely considered a quantum phenomenon. Now, a team from New York University (NYU) has shown that a classical time crystal can emerge in a far ...

Duke Quantum Center researchers use a neutral-atom platform to simulate unusual localization effects that could underpin robust quantum information storage.

After Swedish curler Oskar Eriksson accused Canadian vice-skip Marc Kennedy of cheating last week, everyone has become an expert in curling rules. They’re missing the point.

For the modern technology leader, the quest for peak performance has traditionally been a matter of chemistry, an endless ...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver conceded Saturday that the league is still struggling for solutions to punish teams that lose ...

The currents of the oceans, the roiling surface of the sun, and the clouds of smoke billowing off a forest fire—all are ...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver spoke at length about tanking during his All-Star weekend press conference.

The draft strategy for all pro sports, including the NFL, prompts bad teams to keep losing.

This visualization shows moderately large pressure fluctuations within a 35-trillion-grid-point turbulence simulation, ...

For decades, most scientists treated the spinal cord as little more than a biological cable. The brain gave orders, the ...