In the quirky quantum world, particles can be affected by forces that they never directly encounter. A classic example is the Aharonov–Bohm (AB) effect, where electrons are affected by a magnetic ...

In a significant advance for semiconductor manufacturing, mechanical engineers created a simulation that makes it easier to choose environmentally friendly water jet and underwater ultrasound ...

Researchers in the US and Italy have identified a second critical point in two realistic theoretical models of water. This finding, which draws on state-of-the-art computational methods and supports a ...

Water, so ordinary and so essential to life, acts in ways that are quite puzzling to scientists. For example, why is ice less dense than water, floating rather than sinking the way other liquids do ...

What do a toaster and a quantum simulator have in common? Lincoln Carr of the Colorado School of Mines explains in this episode of Physics World Weekly. Carr, who has worked as a professional actor, ...

Scientists have revealed new insights into the behavior of black holes with research that demonstrates how a phenomenon called backreaction can be simulated. Scientists have revealed new insights into ...

It’s a basic property of matter: Water goes from a liquid to a solid — ice — when the temperature drops below freezing, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit. But science, of course, likes to bend the rules. Enter ...