Physics

  1. Physics

    Plants’ reproductive weaponry unfurled

    Botanical tricks include adhesion and bubbles to spread their spores into the environment.

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  2. Physics

    Water not so squishy under pressure

    In planets' cores, molecules may not compress tightly.

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  3. Physics

    Hydrogen takes a new form

    High-pressure studies may reveal a fourth phase for the element.

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  4. Physics

    Loose cable blamed for speedy neutrinos

    In uncovering a technical flaw, physicists now know why an experimental result that couldn’t have been true wasn’t.

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  5. Particle Physics

    Higgs running out of hiding places

    particle’s mass confirms a final missing piece of physics’ puzzle is right where scientists think it is.

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  6. Physics

    Crystals may be possible in time as well as space

    A theory proposes that objects in their lowest energy state can loop through the fourth dimension forever, much as atoms arrange themselves periodically in matter.

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  7. Physics

    String theorists squeeze nine dimensions into three

    A supercomputer simulation of the Big Bang’s immediate aftermath may explain why space has three directions.

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  8. Physics

    Neutrino parents call into question faster-than-light results

    The particles’ precursor doesn’t have enough energy to produce the speeds reported.

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  9. Physics

    Tantalizing hints of long-sought particle

    Europe’s LHC collider finds traces of what could be the Higgs boson, a theoretical entity that explains why matter has mass.

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  10. Chemistry

    Plastic isn’t over yet

    A tough new form of the 20th century’s signature polymer could extend its usefulness and make it more recyclable.

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  11. Physics

    Metallic hydrogen makes its debut, maybe

    German scientists claim to have squeezed the gas into a liquid that could have multiple applications.

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  12. Physics

    Superconductor may hide long-sought secret

    It conducts electricity without resistance, sure; but a new material could also demonstrate the existence of a particle proposed 70 years ago.

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