Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of ...

At a specific rotation angle, known as the “magic angle” (just like in twistronics), the waves become highly focused and ...

Exploring the physics phenomenon where light waves penetrate a boundary even when total internal reflection occurs. Demonstrating how these non-propagating waves exist and their crucial role in ...

In October 2024 the network detected a clear signal that pointed back to a merger that occurred 700 million light-years away. The progenitor black holes were 20 and 6 solar masses and the larger ...

Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

Unusual radio signals from beneath Antarctica’s ice continue to defy explanation. Several years ago, scientists using a ...

The finding, based on data from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, marks the first direct evidence of tiny ...

How do we know the speed of light – and why does it have a speed limit at all? Leah Crane explores the history of one of the ...

If you were able to visualize the passage of time, it may appear as looping ribbons of color, these fragments ribboning and ...

Faint radio echoes from the Universe’s dark ages may hold the key to revealing what dark matter truly is. Credit: Tel Aviv University. Scientists at Tel Aviv University have dev ...

Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

Physicist Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor with UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, was not out to shatter the ...