The long-debated idea that we might all be living in a computer simulation—popularized by science fiction films like The Matrix—has taken a major hit.

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

When I introduced Steven Pinker, it felt like our worldviews couldn't have been more different. Here's why that dissonance was exactly the point.

Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect quantum entanglement without destroying it.

The answer is not a simple particle but a composite entity. A polaron is formed when an electron strongly couples with the ...

A University of Michigan-led team has discovered quantum oscillations within an insulator’s bulk, overturning conventional ...

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

The new research presented in Physical Review Letters explains the complex process that requires not just energy to escape, but also tight maneuvering through a quantum door. Despite its widespread ...

Declares himself a Nobel Prize winner for work he didn't do. Social media erupts in disbelief. #Trump #NobelPrize" ...

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

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

The uncertainty inherent to quantum mechanics has long left physicists wondering whether the observations we make on the ...