Mike Marcum wasn’t a scientist. Just a guy with a dream — and a backyard full of salvaged parts. But when his homemade machine opened a swirling vortex, something strange happened. Objects disappeared ...

A nearby galaxy is launching an enormous stream of super-heated gas, driven by a precessing jet from its central black hole., ...

Wormholes are often imagined as tunnels through space or time—shortcuts across the universe. But this image rests on a ...

The movement of waves, patterns that carry sound, light or heat, through materials has been widely studied by physicists, as ...

Remarkably, these experiments revealed that molybdenum ditelluride can exhibit superconductivity and magnetism at the same ...

Shapiro steps – a series of abrupt jumps in the voltage–current characteristic of a Josephson junction that is exposed to microwave radiation – have been observed for the first time in ultracold gases ...

A strong blast of Arctic air will drive temperatures sharply lower from the Midwest to the interior Northeast this weekend, bringing the season's coldest weather so far for many, forecasters say.

Welcome to Physics Explained—formerly Just Enough Physics! We're kicking off this rebrand with a fresh perspective on all things physics. Get ready for clear, concise explanations of complex ...

Cathlyn Melo is an experienced anime writer from the Philippines with a Master in Business Administration. She was once a hospital employee before deciding to pursue her passion for anime and manga ...

It seems like you cannot mention cold weather in the fall and winter without coming across the phrase “polar vortex.” Meteorologists often refer to this weather element as a potential culprit behind ...

Fall weather in Massachusetts may be in for a cold snap in the next few weeks. The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting temperature drops throughout the country in the ...

It’s looking more likely the Chicago area could see a blast of arctic air around and after Thanksgiving Day. NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes took a look at what’s going on and what the ...