A quantum simulator has given physicists a new look at one of the strangest ...

Soft materials such as colloidal suspensions, emulsions, foams and gels often display complex and unusual behaviors compared with ordinary solids or liquids. From a mechanical point of view, for ...

Plasma is a state of matter that emerges when a gas is heated to sufficiently high temperatures, prompting some electrons to become free from atoms. This state of matter has been the focus of many ...

Researchers used 13 trapped ions to simulate string breaking, showing how quantum hardware could help scientists explore ...

A recurring challenge in science and engineering is the model–reality gap, where trusted legacy simulators lose fidelity due to unresolved physics or structural incompleteness. This challenge has ...

Every road surface tells a story in millimeters. The tiny peaks and valleys that make asphalt feel rough to a fingertip are ...

Simulating the fundamental forces of nature on a computer is one of the grand challenges of modern physics, and a team at the ...

A team of researchers used 3D particle simulations to model the acceleration of ions and electrons in a physical process called magnetic reconnection. The results could contribute to the understanding ...

Scientists recreated a particle-forming process linked to the extreme physics of the early universe using a 13-ion quantum simulator. The breakthrough suggests quantum computers could eventually help ...