Fusion facility sets a new world energy record
European scientists have achieved a major success on the road to energy production through fusion plasmas: They produced stable plasmas…
Physics
Kinks, skinks and supersymmetry
Supersymmetry is symmetry of nature that is often hypothesized to exist among elementary particles. In a new paper that appeared…
Evidence found for existence of two forms of liquid water
Yoshiharu Suzuki, a researcher with the Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization, National Institute for Materials Science in Japan,…
What is a Quantum Key Distribution?
Have you ever wondered how we can ensure the security of our communications in the face of rapidly advancing technology?…
What is The Cause of Radioactivity?
Radioactivity is caused by emission of high energy radiation from unstable atomic nuclei. An atomic nucleus will be unstable if…
The Graviton: The Quantum Particle That Makes the World Round
In the great classroom of physics — otherwise known as the universe — gravity doesn’t work or play well with…
Introducing the collision theory
Collision theory states that when suitable particles of the reactant hit each other with correct orientation, only a certain amount…
What and where are extra dimensions?
It is widely believed that we live in a four-dimensional world comprised of length, width, height, and time. But the…
Standard Model: The Absolutely Amazing Theory of Almost Everything
The Standard Model. What a dull name for the most accurate scientific theory known to human beings. More than a…
What is the zero-point energy?
Zero-point energy is the lowest possible energy that a quantum mechanical system may have. Unlike in classical mechanics, quantum systems…