Einstein was a great thinker who made plenty of mistakes—errors that sometimes led to more meaningful discoveries in physics, ...

Albert Einstein changed science forever with special and general relativity, redefining space, time, and gravity. Yet after his greatest triumphs, he became obsessed with something even bigger — a ...

Einstein's lasting legacy goes far beyond chalkboards and outdated textbooks. His revolutionary work in fields like physics and quantum mechanics has led to advancements in everything from nuclear ...

Albert Einstein, a revolutionary scientist and philosopher, believed imagination was crucial for groundbreaking discoveries ...

The reconciliation of general relativity and quantum mechanics is one of the biggest challenges in science, one that continues to elude us. Now, a new study by Anjun Chu and colleagues has examined ...

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Researchers have unveiled a new model for the universe’s birth that replaces cosmic inflation with gravitational waves as the ...

For over 100 years, two theories have shaped our understanding of the universe: quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity. One explains the tiny world of particles; the other describes ...

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The study of quantum gases and Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) continues to redefine our understanding of matter at ultracold temperatures. When cooled to nanokelvin regimes, quantum gases exhibit ...

Breakthrough from Princeton team reveals exotic quantum state that coherently blends many-body correlation and quantum topology—two key concepts of modern quantum physics in a single material.