Emmy Noether showed that fundamental physical laws are just a consequence of simple symmetries. A century later, her insights ...

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Turbulence has been described as the oldest unsolved problem in physics. The German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg allegedly said on his deathbed, “When I meet God, I am going to ask ...

In a milestone that brings quantum computing tangibly closer to large-scale practical use, scientists at Oxford University Physics have demonstrated the first instance of distributed quantum ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — A team of international researchers has developed an innovative approach to uncover the secrets of dark matter in the cosmos. They are searching for dark matter using atomic ...

Today's encryption schemes will be vulnerable to future quantum computers, but new algorithms and a quantum internet could help.

Turbulence has been described as the oldest unsolved problem in physics. The German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg allegedly said on his deathbed, “When I meet God, I am going to ask him two ...

Nuclear physics is the study of the protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom and the interactions that hold them together in a space just a few femtometres (10-15 metres) across. Example ...