A decades-old neutrino mystery might be solved not by undiscovered physics but by improved calculations.

A pattern of surface waves bestowed with fivefold symmetry hosts topological structures. Soon after quasicrystals made their debut in 1984, physicists realized that the ordered, nonrepeating ...

A hallmark property of unconventional superconductivity has been discovered in a type-I superconductor, whereas it’s normally observed only in type-II materials. Superconductors can be broadly ...

Top quarks and antiquarks have been detected in heavy-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, showing that all six quark flavors were present in the Universe’s first moments. The ATLAS ...

A detailed experimental analysis explains the forces by which a spinning magnet can cause another magnet to levitate in midair. An experiment with off-the-shelf components uses a magnet glued to the ...

A calculation determines four distinct contributions to the proton mass, more than 90% of which arises entirely from the dynamics of quarks and gluons. Nearly all the mass of known matter is contained ...

Most models for the overall shape and geometry of the Universe—including some exotic ones—are compatible with the latest cosmic observations. Hall of mirrors. Lines of sight within a 3-torus form ...

A new set of equations captures the dynamical interplay of electrons and vibrations in crystals and forms a basis for computational studies. Figure 1: To a first approximation, the vibrations of a ...

Firing projectiles at plates of glass or plastic shows that the number of resulting cracks is an indicator of the impact velocity and of material properties. Between the cracks. The number of cracks ...

Quantum computers still need lots of development before they can compete with conventional computers in chemistry, drug development, and materials science, but they are making progress. Using a linear ...

Ryotaro Arita is a Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Tokyo and a Team Leader at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science. He obtained his Ph.D. from the ...

Some metals display an unusually high electrical resistance. Researchers now have an explanation for why. To explain the strangeness of strange metals, a new theory considers entanglement and ...