The Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton, who was born 220 years ago last month, is famous for carving some mathematical graffiti into Dublin's Broome Bridge in 1843.

While many plans for quantum computers transmit data using the particles of light known as photons, researchers from the ...

Negative pressure is a rare and challenging-to-detect phenomenon in physics. Using liquid-filled optical fibers and sound waves, researchers have now discovered a new method to measure it. In ...

When you shine a flashlight into a glass of water, the beam bends. That simple observation, familiar since ancient times, ...

When most people imagine quantum computers, they think of machines that use particles of light, called photons, to process ...

Researchers have proposed a new way of using quantum light to 'see' quantum sound. A new paper reveals the quantum-mechanical interplay between vibrations and particles of light, known as photons, in ...

You can’t divide the indivisible, unless you use quantum mechanics. Physicists have now turned to quantum effects to split phonons, the smallest bits of sound, researchers report in the June 9 Science ...

King, who is Oscar-nominated for his work on the historical epic, on how his work ranged from large- to small-scale moments. By Beatrice Verhoeven Deputy Awards Editor For sound editor Richard King, ...

In northwest China, China successfully tested the Feitian 2, a new hypersonic vehicle. This test marks a major step forward in high-speed flight technology. Feitian 2 is not an ordinary aircraft. It ...