Superluminous supernovas are the brightest stellar explosions in the universe. Astronomers may have found a mechanism that can trigger these events.

For more than 40 years, scientists have known that the quantum Hall effect impacts electrons in strong magnetic fields, but it turns out light also follows the fundamental phenomenon.

Electron movement and structures described in quantum physics allow researchers to better understand how and why materials like superconductors behave as they do. Rice University researchers Jianwei ...

Recent advances made in the automotive world have found an unlikely application: a new high-performance portable lantern. And it’s such a cool bit of kit that it could change the way we light the ...

Some sci-fi movies take the genre extra seriously, using accurate technologies to ground their depiction of the future.

For over a decade, confusion over the size of the proton has held scientists back. Disagreeing measurements of the subatomic particle’s radius meant that scientists couldn’t test one of their key ...

Physicists have watched a quantum fluid do something once thought almost impossible: stop moving. In experiments with ultra-thin graphene, researchers observed a superfluid—normally defined by its ...

The observer effect is often explained as consciousness shaping reality, but that idea is wrong. This video breaks down where that myth came from and why it stuck. The real explanation is far stranger ...

The discovery of the rotational Doppler effect (RDE) has opened new opportunities for detecting parameters of rotating targets. In recent years, the physical mechanisms underlying this effect have ...

Physicists spotted a “terribly exciting” new black hole, doubled down on weakening dark energy, and debated the meaning of quantum mechanics. It in no way reflects my feelings toward Quanta staff ...

Lake effect snow. It's a part of what makes western New York winters feel like a wintry wonderland that requires daily shoveling. Utica, along with Rochester, Buffalo and other communities along the ...

Christian Doppler (1803-1853) studied mathematics, physics, and astronomy, eventually holding academic positions including a professorship and the inaugural directorship of the Institute of Physics in ...