A new computational method now makes it possible to calculate the forces between large molecules with unprecedented accuracy.

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Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

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A giraffe's long legs aren't just for height, they save energy by reducing how hard the heart works to pump blood upward ...

Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

For decades, scientists have dreamed of creating a miniature version of the sun on Earth – a machine capable of producing ...

A startup hopes to challenge Nvidia, AMD, and Intel with a chip that wrangles probabilities rather than 1s and 0s.

Ramanujan's formula, derived by the mathematician in 1914 when quantum theory hadn't been formulated fully, provides a faster ...

The new research presented in Physical Review Letters explains the complex process that requires not just energy to escape, but also tight maneuvering through a quantum door. Despite its widespread ...

IBM (IBM): The superconducting-qubit leader is now pushing for an algorithmic edge that reduces cost on hard math. Alphabet/Google ( GOOGL ): Its quantum AI division just hit breakthrough error- ...