Physics

Watch: Testing controversial physics question with helicopter

How does a uniform cable beneath a helicopter hang?

Jewish physicist who won 1988 Nobel Prize in physics dies at 99, leaving behind legacy of groundbreaking study into subatomic particles.

What would it take for quantum events, on such a micro-scale, to be relevant for brain function? Sir Roger Penrose explains.

Arthur Ashkin, who retired after 40 years in 1992 but remains active in his home laboratory, at 96 is oldest ever Nobel laureate.

'Incendiary kites remind us of where we came from - a reality of chaos; and we are designed to reflect G-d, bringing order into chaos.'

International team of scientists, including Weizmann Institute physicists, make historic observation of super-dense stars' collision.

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to US professors instrumental in developing detector of ripples in spacetime predicted by Einstein.

New evidence says geomagnetic force 'spiked' in 8th century BCE, say Tel Aviv University, Hebrew U., UC San Diego researchers

Three scientists who invented ubiquitous energy-saving lights get the Nobel nod - and $1.2 million in prize money.

World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking told a packed audience in California this week the Big Bang did not require G-d for creation.

Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for work in quantum physics.

A handwritten letter in which Albert Einstein wrote on religion and G-d is going up for sale on eBay, with bids starting at $3 million