Static electricity may seem simple. Students often learn that rubbing a balloon against their hair will cause negatively ...

Researchers have succeeded in measuring how energy dissipates in quantum dots by quantifying the entropy they produce. The work, by a team at Stanford University in the US, could help in the ...

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

Queen’s physics researchers are part of a global experiment that will use the Pacific Ocean to study some of the most elusive particles in the universe.

Then there’s the science. Project Hail Mary is based on Andy Weir’s ‘hard sci-fi’ book of the same name, published in 2021, six years after his earlier novel The Martian was adapted into Ridley ...

Six thousand eight hundred feet below the floor of an active nickel mine in northern Ontario, something has gone extremely cold. Not cold in the way of a walk-in freezer, or a liquid nitrogen tank, or ...

Over a century ago, Ernest Rutherford discovered the proton by splitting the atom in a laboratory in Manchester. Today, researchers based in Manchester have discovered a new particle that Rutherford ...

Should the universe “choose” braneworld, it could mean that your senses (which perceive fewer dimensions) are keeping you from experiencing the full number of dimensions surrounding you. This could ...

From dropping out of film school to leading the Canadian firm’s bold public offering, the tech trailblazer is no stranger to ...

Over the past decades, quantum scientists have introduced various technologies that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, including quantum sensors, computers and memory devices. Most of ...

Gravitational waves are ripples in spacetime produced by violent cosmic events, such as the merging of black holes. So far, ...

Incoming solar storms could spark auroras this weekend and thanks to the spring equinox, Earth is perfectly aligned to ...