Quantum materials, astronomy, and life sciences research at UBC got a major boost with the latest round of Canada Foundation ...

Superconductors are among the most puzzling materials in physics. They conduct electricity with zero resistance, but only ...

Paul Howarth, president of the Institute of Physics, says ‘constructive dialogue’ with the government is needed, or the country risks losing the next generation of scientists.

What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you’re there? Project Hail Mary opens in theaters March 20. Ahead of the film’s release, Astronomy spoke with ...

AI is likely to profoundly alter our society. The critical question is how societies will respond to those changes. At the ...

Astronomers have discovered the brightest fast radio burst ever detected and traced it to a nearby galaxy using a new network of CHIME Outrigger telescopes. The flash, nicknamed RBFLOAT, lasted only a ...

My academic path studying physics at Tsinghua University began in 1981 where I completed a Bachelor’s and Master’s before earning a PhD in 1992. I then did a postdoc at the Central Iron & Steel ...

Astronomers have long known the universe is expanding—but exactly how fast remains one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology. Different techniques for measuring the Hubble constant stubbornly disagree ...

Michael S Turner argues that the next breakthrough in particle physics and cosmology may be just around the corner.

Caltech scientists have developed a method that detects tiny, imperceptible movements at the surface of objects to reveal details about what lies beneath. By analyzing the physics of waves traveling ...

A newly designed optical centrifuge allows scientists to control molecular rotation inside superfluid helium nano-droplets.

The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples ...