Kinetic energy has to do with the motion of an object—the faster it’s moving, the more kinetic energy it has. If you take a ball and drop it, it will accelerate downward, which means its kinetic ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum ...

A research team from Penn State has broken a 165-year-old law of thermal radiation with unprecedented strength, setting the stage for more efficient energy harvesting, heat transfer and infrared ...

Quantum mechanics describes the weird behavior of microscopic particles. Using quantum systems to perform computation ...

This year’s Nobel Prize in physics has gone to three scientists who showed that it was possible even for large systems, made ...

Last year’s physics prize went to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for breakthroughs in machine learning that helped drive the artificial intelligence revolution.

Three scientists from American universities won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on quantum mechanics.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to a trio of scientists – a Briton, a Frenchman and an American – for their ...

A “muon shot” aims to study the basic forces of the cosmos. But meager federal budgets could limit its ambitions. By Dennis Overbye and Katrina Miller Friday, Dec. 8: This story was updated to include ...

Two leading scientists discuss the future of their field. Credit...Ariel Davis Supported by By Dennis Overbye The future belongs to those who prepare for it, as scientists who petition federal ...

Russell M. Kulsrud, 97, a pioneering theoretical physicist whose work helped define the modern fields of plasma physics and astrophysics — connecting the ...