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 ...

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everything we see around us, from the ground beneath our feet to the most remote galaxies, is made of matter. For scientists, that has long posed a problem: According to physicists’ best current ...

Neutrino lasers: It’s an idea that many physicists didn’t see coming. At first glance, physics suggests that it would be impossible to make a laser of neutrinos, famously elusive subatomic particles.

"Trying to lock in on dark matter's signal is like trying to hear somebody whisper in a stadium full of people." Scientists are about to unleash a powerful new weapon in the hunt for dark matter, the ...