You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light shining at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, ...

Using the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, scientists have found that the quark-gluon ...

MIT physicists have built a new microscope that can see quantum motion inside superconductors ...

The new research verifies Rajagopal’s account of the QGP, using a neutral, electrically weak particle called the Z boson as a marker to track the movement of quarks in the plasma. Since the Z boson ...

Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.

Physicists have finally built a microscope that can watch superconducting electrons move in real time, and the picture is far ...

Quantum computing is nearing the point of practical use, but scientists still need to make some specific breakthroughs.

Light can tell you a lot about what matter is doing. Visible light shows a surface. X-rays reveal hidden structure. Infrared ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is world-renowned for advancing the frontiers of science, and this January its MIT-Germany program – part of the MIT International Science and ...

MIT researchers have designed silicon structures that can perform calculations in an electronic device using excess heat ...

Scientists recreate the early universe to study the first liquid ever formed and uncover how quarks moved through primordial matter.