Neutron stars pack more mass into a tiny volume than any other known object short of a black hole, and the numbers behind ...

Supersolids are a new form of quantum matter that has only recently been demonstrated. The state of matter can be produced artificially in ultracold, dipolar quantum gases. A team has now demonstrated ...

Recently, David Remnick wrote a brilliant article in the New Yorker, Bob Dylan and the “Hot Hand", which reminded me of concepts I’ve been trying to convey about the extraordinary—but also ...

New experimental results on the behavior of ultracold, two-dimensional gases reported by physicists may help clarify the mysterious phenomenon called "superfluidity" -- frictionless flow. If ...

Flow is an energized mental state that occurs when a person is totally focused and immersed in an activity and the challenge matches a person's level of skill. Being "in the zone" is another way of ...

Super result: artists impression of a superfluid. (Courtesy: iStock/3quarks) Physicists in Germany say they have found definitive evidence for the existence of superfluidity in an extremely cold 2D ...

Have you come across new research, utterly failed to realise its significance, then the penny drops shortly afterwards? Well it happened to me this week. On Monday, I stumbled across a new research ...

A single teaspoon of material scooped from a neutron star would, if placed on Earth’s surface, weigh billions of tons. That ...