Physics

Researchers from the USA and the UK discovered that an almost invisible change in the shape of graphene — an extremely thin material — can dramatically affect the way electricity passes through it. In a study published in the journal "Advanced Materials", it was found that wrinkles smaller than a billionth of a meter are capable of changing the electrical properties of the material.

Years before the particle accelerator, Homer Simpson scribbled on a chalkboard an equation that predicted the mass of the “God Particle” with astonishing precision. Behind the scientific prophecy in the classic 1998 episode stood a writers’ guild with degrees in mathematics and physics from Harvard — who planted, in a single frame, real string-theory equations and delivered one of the most...

In 1963, a curious teenager from Tanzania discovered that a hot ice cream mixture freezes faster than a lukewarm one. As sometimes happens in science, the effect he discovered changed the way we understand reality.

Researchers from the USA have presented a model that allows a wave to appear as if it is moving faster than expected, and under certain conditions, even beyond the speed of light. The phenomenon is related to the way waves reaching a destination via different paths connect to each other. According to the scientists, this finding may be relevant not only to sound in water but also to light in a...

A scientific breakthrough in China has solved a long-standing physics mystery: researchers have definitively proven the existence of a new type of matter never before seen in nature. The achievement follows 15 years of research building on nearly five decades of theoretical study.

As Israel faces a shortage of scientists and engineers, every outstanding researcher who drops out of the track due to structural barriers is a loss for academia and industry.