For more than a century, condensed matter physics has grappled with one of its greatest unsolved challenges: how to build ...

When microscopic particles of sand, ash, or dust collide in the air, they often exchange a tiny electrical charge. This tiny ...

Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

When high-voltage electricity breaks out in open air, it rips through the atmosphere, forming chaotic, branching fingers of electric plasma. These electrical arcs are difficult to control. They branch ...

A new quantum system called giant superatoms could protect quantum information and enable entanglement between multiple qubits. The concept merges giant atoms and superatoms to improve stability and ...

Renowned techno artist Carl Craig is working with scientists to make nuclear concepts accessible art in a new installation.

If you’ve ever felt a shock after rubbing your hair with a balloon or shuffling across a carpet, you’ll know that static electricity can be a real pain. But for the scientists who study it, the pain ...

Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces ...

A groundbreaking study on rocket-related noise linked to Vandenberg Space Force Base launches has confirmed wind pattern, ...

A radical idea that resolves many quantum paradoxes suggests there is no objective view of reality. How can the cosmos be stitched together from interlocking perspectives?

Australian filmmaker Josef Gatti's 'Phenomena' is a gorgeous close-up study of the natural forces shaping and driving the ...

Taking inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci's studies of friction, the 'sneaker squeak' question cuts to a deep problem in physics.