Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of strange metals—materials that defy conventional rules of electricity ...

Qimiao Si is the Harry C. and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Rice. Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University. Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University.

How gravity causes a perfectly spherical ball to roll down an inclined plane is part of the elementary school physics canon.

Scientists successfully generate electricity from Earth's rotation in groundbreaking experiment, potentially opening a new ...

Majorana qubits could be error resistant. But after a contentious talk at the Global Physics Summit, scientists aren’t convinced Microsoft has them.

Astrophysicist and artist Ed Belbruno explains how art helps scientists communicate their work to the public and even ...

Researchers have discovered brand new interference patterns in twisted two-dimensional tungsten ditelluride lattices. These so-called moir patterns can be tuned to look like periodic spots or even one ...

How artificial intelligence is accelerating discoveries – and raising profound questions – about the future of physics ...