A physicist has mounted one of the most detailed technical challenges yet against the idea that our universe is a computer simulation, arguing that the energy required to run such a program would ...

In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. If you put a drop of ink into water, ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia Okanagan have published a mathematical argument that, they say, rules out ...

The field of particle physics is approaching a critical horizon defined by challenges including unprecedented data volumes and detector complexity. Upcoming ...

Melting time: Kae Nemoto looked at the melting of discrete time crystals. (Courtesy: iStock/William Potter) Researchers in Japan have developed a new mathematical technique to explore the ...

Statistical physics and thermodynamics provide a framework for relating the behaviour of microscopic particles to the macroscopic properties of a system. Thermodynamics casts these macroscopic, or ...