Author: Emily Conover

Mathematician Richard Elwes surveys googology, the study of enormous numbers, in a new book.

Quantum computers based on atoms could provide access to encrypted data much sooner than scientists thought.

The concept of entanglement links far-flung particles. That relationship can prove that someone is in the location they claim to be.

At cold temperatures, water has two different liquid phases, which become one at the critical point. The discovery could help explain water’s quirks.

Scientists are envisioning an antimatter delivery program that could ferry antiprotons from CERN to other labs around Europe.

Phantom crane flies change the angle of their splayed legs to increase or reduce drag, helping them navigate varying winds.

Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces

A sudden release of pressure allowed a copper-based compound to superconduct at the highest temperature yet for atmospheric pressure, a study claims.