Quantum physics protects videos from prying eyes and tampering
Today's encryption works well, until tomorrow's quantum computers arrive.
New discovery at CERN could hint at why our universe is made up of matter and not antimatter
A new finding at CERN on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering why matter dominates over its opposite, antimatter.
Why scientists are so excited about the highest-energy ‘ghost particle’ ever seen
Scientists have found a neutrino that could come from a gamma-ray burst, an active black hole or a collision between a cosmic ray and photons in the cosmic microwave background.
Mystery honeycombs in rock may be created by water and salt
Many rocks are covered with circular hollows that look like honeycomb, and now we may finally understand how these strange formations come into existence
Why Hawking’s PhD thesis is now an internet-breaking inspiration
Millions rushed to freely access Stephen Hawking's early musings when they went online. More of the same would help ignite young minds everywhere, says Geraint Lewis
Cosmic rays have revealed a new chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid
Particles from outer space have helped scientists uncover a hidden chamber within Egypt’s most famous pyramid, the first such finding in over a century
Fast radio bursts may be dark matter ‘stars’ hitting black holes
The mysterious FRBs we’ve been tracking for a decade could be created by clumps of dark matter particles dancing along the edges of black holes
A fine-tuned universe may be controversial but can’t be ignored
The suggestion that our universe has physical laws and constants inexplicably just right for life is in the ascendant. Expect a heated debate, says Geraint Lewis
No sign of seasonal dark matter after four years of searching
The XENON100 experiment just checked up on a controversial claim that dark matter comes and goes with the seasons - and found nothing
Inside the Hunt for a Ghost Particle
