David Gross, a celebrated U.S. theoretical physicist, calls himself an optimist—especially concerning the future of his field ...

After winning a Breakthrough Prize, the world’s most lucrative science award, theoretical physicist David Gross is using the ...

The theme for this year’s preservation week is Is This Thing On?: Preserving Memory and Building Archives and focuses on ...

The idea that everything that exists can be built from the bottom up has long held sway among physicists. Now, a new kind of ...

Now, artificial intelligence (AI) tools are providing powerful new ways to address long-standing problems in physics. “The ...

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There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” That line, attributed to Richard ...

Researchers have paved the way for scalable quantum devices that are immune to previously unavoidable system failures.

Imagine a power plant that runs at peak efficiency even when no one knows what fuel is being fed into it. That is, roughly, ...

It’s the same math that explains how, under the right conditions, the atmosphere above a barren plain can produce a roiling ...

Quantum technologies like quantum computers are built from quantum materials. These types of materials exhibit quantum properties when exposed to the right conditions. Curiously, engineers can also ...

Researchers from the Department of Energy's Quantum Science Center (QSC) headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL ...