Perhaps the most iconic instrument in modern rock is the guitar. It's really just a bunch of strings stretched across a board, which you can strum to make awesome tunes, thanks to the physics of waves ...

A new concept for energy transfer between gravitational waves and light. When massive cosmic objects such as black holes merge or neutron stars crash into one another, they can produce gravitational ...

Light's behavior seems counterintuitive. That is, until you figure out light is a wave. The way light behaves can seem very counterintuitive, and many physicists would agree with that, but once you ...

Quantum physics tells us about the properties and behaviors of atomic and subatomic particles. But scientists have long held the belief that the rules that govern the microscopic world should also be ...

Helium leaks are hard to detect, since it is odorless, colorless, tasteless, and does not react with other chemical ...

Collision course Artist’s impression of gravitational waves from two black holes. (Courtesy: iStock/Auris) By adapting mathematical techniques used in particle physics, researchers in Germany have ...