Researchers have found a way to extract almost every photon from diamond color centers, a key obstacle in quantum technology.

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for ...

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enables the ultra-sensitive measurements achieved by ...

A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic ...

Particle accelerators, also known as particle colliders or atom smashers, have been responsible for some of the most exciting physics findings over the past century, including the discovery of the ...

In a groundbreaking breakthrough, engineers have figured out how to make atomic nuclei “talk” inside silicon chips. This discovery solves one of the biggest hurdles in scaling quantum computers by ...

A research team in California has used artificial intelligence to design working viruses that kill bacteria, in what they describe as the "first generative design of complete genomes." The project ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Thousands of “harmful” tiny plastic particles could be lurking in vegetable roots, experts warn. Researchers at the University of Plymouth found that particles found in the soil can be absorbed into ...

Baryons are found in all of the visible matter in the universe but not in the mysterious dark matter that exerts gravitational pull but does not interact with light. In the 1990s, scientists analyzed ...

Plastic nanoparticles have been found in the edible parts of vegetables for the first time, raising fresh concerns about plastic pollution affecting the human food chain. Scientists at the University ...

PLYMOUTH, England — You’re at the kitchen sink, scrubbing a fresh radish. You trust that washing clears away dirt, bacteria, and maybe pesticide residue. But what if some contaminants are already ...