Here Come the Waves
After a clutch of historic detections, gravitational-wave researchers have set their sights on some ambitious scientific quarry
Stories by Davide Castelvecchi
Beguiling Dark Matter Signal Persists 20 Years on
Physicists at experiment in Italy continue to see a data fluctuation that they say represents dark matter—but the mystery deepens
"Grand Unified Theory of Math" Nets Abel Prize
Robert Langlands’ ideas unearthed connections within mathematics that have helped to solve centuries-old problems and aided researchers in disparate fields
Scientists Mourn Stephen Hawking's Death
Physicist and icon of science dies at age 76
The Quantum Internet Has Arrived (and It Hasn't)
Networks that harness entanglement and teleportation could enable leaps in security, computing and science
Physicists Harness Twisted Mathematics to Make Powerful Laser
High-quality beams could be among the first practical applications of the booming field of topological physics
How an Underwater Sensor Network Is Tracking Argentina's Lost Submarine
An expert from a nuclear-test-monitoring system explains how his team is trying to help in the search for the ARA San Juan
Europe Sets Priorities for Hunting Cosmic Particles
Club of physics funding agencies pushes for projects including a neutrino observatory in the Mediterranean Sea
Quantum Machine Goes in Search of the Higgs Boson
D-Wave system shows quantum computers can learn to detect particle signatures in mountains of data, but doesn’t outpace conventional methods — yet
High-Energy Cosmic Rays Come from Outside Our Galaxy
Giant observatory announces long-awaited result
Rumors Swell over New Kind of Gravitational Wave Sighting
Gossip over colliding neutron stars has astronomers in a tizzy
Mysteries of Turbulence Unraveled
Simulations follow how swirls in a fluid transfer and dissipate energy
Cosmic Map Reveals a Not-So-Lumpy Universe
Odd results could still be consistent with the Standard Model of cosmology
The Strange Topology That Is Reshaping Physics
Topological effects might be hiding inside perfectly ordinary materials, waiting to reveal bizarre new particles or bolster quantum computing
Success of Gravity-Wave Satellite Paves Way for 3-Craft Mission
Technology far exceeded expectations in LISA Pathfinder test
Physicists Excited by Latest LHC Anomaly
A series of odd findings have theorists hoping for new particles
Drivers Gear Up for World's First Nanocar Race
Chemists will navigate molecular wagons along a tiny golden track
Battle between Quantum and Thermodynamic Laws Heats Up
Physicists try to rebuild the laws of heat and energy for processes at a quantum scale
Mathematicians Create Warped Worlds in Virtual Reality
Immersive experience set to become accessible to all
Wavelet Theory Nets Top Mathematics Award
Yves Meyer wins the Abel Prize for development of a theory with applications ranging from watching movies to detecting gravitational waves
