For decades, astronomers have relied on Einstein’s theory of relativity to explain the expansion of the universe, assuming ...

Ekert, who splits his time between the University of Oxford and the National University of Singapore, describes how he used Bell’s theorem to create a pioneering quantum cryptography protocol and he ...

New data further challenge the best scientific theory of the history and the structure of the universe. But a separate recent ...

The mysterious force called Dark Energy, which drives the expansion of the Universe, might be changing in a way that ...

On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany. His thinking revolutionized physics and turned the scientific ...

March 14 is often celebrated at Pi Day, but it's also the birthday of one of our greatest scientists whose work impacts us ...

When it comes to space travel, Albert Einstein's theory of relativity is a major inconvenience. With the laws of physics ...

A blackboard at a U.K. university is believed to be the only one of its kind that has both Albert Einstein's scientific notations and his signature.

The relationship between quantum mechanics and classical physics has baffled scientists for decades. In the quantum world, ...

If gravity arises from entropy, scientists could unite Einstein's general relativity with the quantum realm while shedding ...

Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests that the "memory" of ancient events, such as black hole mergers, may be etched into the fabric of space-time by gravitational waves. New research ...

Light was long considered to be a wave, exhibiting the phenomenon of interference in which ripples like those in water waves are generated under specific interactions. Light also bends around corners, ...