A decades-old neutrino mystery might be solved not by undiscovered physics but by improved calculations.

A pattern of surface waves bestowed with fivefold symmetry hosts topological structures. Soon after quasicrystals made their debut in 1984, physicists realized that the ordered, nonrepeating ...

A hallmark property of unconventional superconductivity has been discovered in a type-I superconductor, whereas it’s normally observed only in type-II materials. Superconductors can be broadly ...

Firing projectiles at plates of glass or plastic shows that the number of resulting cracks is an indicator of the impact velocity and of material properties. Between the cracks. The number of cracks ...

A calculation determines four distinct contributions to the proton mass, more than 90% of which arises entirely from the dynamics of quarks and gluons. Nearly all the mass of known matter is contained ...

A new set of equations captures the dynamical interplay of electrons and vibrations in crystals and forms a basis for computational studies. Figure 1: To a first approximation, the vibrations of a ...

Experiments show signs of a material that conducts electricity in opposite directions along its edges through fractionally charged quasiparticles. Zhu and his colleagues added electron vacancies, or ...

Top quarks and antiquarks have been detected in heavy-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, showing that all six quark flavors were present in the Universe’s first moments. The ATLAS ...

A detailed experimental analysis explains the forces by which a spinning magnet can cause another magnet to levitate in midair. An experiment with off-the-shelf components uses a magnet glued to the ...

Most models for the overall shape and geometry of the Universe—including some exotic ones—are compatible with the latest cosmic observations. Hall of mirrors. Lines of sight within a 3-torus form ...

Two dark matter searches report that their detectors have likely recorded neutrinos coming from the Sun—spotting the “neutrino fog” that could imperil future dark matter searches. “This [result] is a ...

Loop quantum gravity—a theory that extends general relativity by quantizing spacetime—predicts that black holes evolve into white holes. Figure 1: Artist rendering of the black-to-white-hole ...